II 



BOOK 

OF 

PRAYER AND 



PRAISE 



FOR 



CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP 

/- 



BOSTON 

American Unitarian Association 
1893 





COPYRIGHTED 
BY AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION 
1893 



GEO. 



ELLIS, FRINTER, 141 FRANKLIN ST., BOSTON. 



PREFACE. 



This book is the result of the labors of a committee 
chosen by the Directors of the American Unitarian Asso- 
ciation, in response to the request of a considerable 
number of people among the constituency which that 
Association aims to serve, and in accordance with a vote 
passed at one of its annual meetings. While there is no 
universal agreement among liberal churches as to the value 
of liturgical forms, many of them make more or less use 
of different printed forms of service ; and there has been 
of late much demand for a book of worship that might 
find general acceptance. The work of preparing such a 
book was intrusted to a large and representative com- 
mittee, in order that the book might be as inclusive as 
possible of the needs of different minds. 

The committee determined, at the outset, that its work 
should be limited to editing and arranging the material 
already in existence. To write a form of words which 
can be often repeated, without being found inadequate 



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or wearisome, is very difficult. But time is always win- 
nowing out expressions of religious feeling, which, like 
good hymns, will bear the test of continued use. The 
committee has aimed to gather up the best of these 
utterances from all available sources. Many of the 
prayers here printed are very ancient, and have a direct- 
ness and simplicity hard to equal in modern speech. 

The first five services in the book have been thus put 
together by the committee. They contain elements which 
should be present in all public worship, — not only 
thanksgivings, but confessions, and prayers for divine 
help to meet the need of the common heart in its strife 
with the manifold forms of moral weakness. They will 
be found to consist of an introductory service, a reading 
from the Psalms, a Scripture lesson (each followed by a 
chant), and the prayers. For the sake of brevity, some 
of the prayers or chants may be omitted. Where it is 
preferred, an anthem by the choir may take the place of 
any of the chants. Some of these, however, should be 
regularly sung. A Book of Chants * has been prepared, 
in which music is given for all the words appointed to 
be sung throughout the following services. 

It has been no part of the purpose of the committee 
to do away with the prayer of the minister, to which our 
congregations have been accustomed. When the full 

* " Book of Chants," edited by Arthur Foote. 



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liturgical service is employed, it should be followed by 
a hymn, and then, or after the sermon, the minister may 
offer prayer in his own word. 

In some instances a choice of prayers and chants is 
offered, to provide for differences of feeling with regard 
to the use of certain phrases. The attempt has been 
made to exclude as much as possible phrases significant 
of those dogmatic beliefs concerning which people are 
most apt to disagree, and to keep only the language of 
devotion. While it is impossible to make an absolute 
separation between the thought and sentiment of any 
religious utterance, the committee has earnestly sought 
to measure the fitness of words chiefly by their power 
to express spiritual emotion. 

It is suggested that these five services be used in 
succession, one for each Sunday of the month. This 
would give a reasonable amount of variety, and would 
also insure that degree of familiarity without which no 
such formal service can be made a spiritual exercise. No 
liturgy can be of great value till it has become a well- 
worn pathway for the affections and aspirations of the 
heart, and has been hallowed by deep experiences and 
sacred associations. 

Following the five services are four others, designed to 
serve only as an introduction to worship ; and the An- 
cient Order for Common Prayer, with some changes and 



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omissions that seemed desirable. The collects for the 
Christian Year mark the Sundays as they have been 
known and observed throughout Christian history. The 
committee does not suppose that man)' of the churches 
likely to use this book would care to recognize all these 
days. But each can make whatever choice it pleases ; 
and, at least, it is well to know something of the calen- 
dar in accordance with which the larger portion of Chris- 
tendom still regulates its worship. 

The Communion Service arranged by the committee is 
designed to be of sufficient length when the service is 
held at a separate hour. When it follows the regular 
morning service, it can be shortened at the pleasure of 
the minister. It may be of interest to note here some of 
the sources from which this service is taken. The Lit- 
any is mainly from the " Book of Worship,'" arranged by 
Dr. James Freeman Clarke. The prayer following the 
Litany is from the Communion Service in a " Christian 
Liturgy," arranged by Dr. Frederic H. Hedge, " after the 
old Greek Liturgies, with especial use of that of Antioch, 
called the Litany of Saint James." The second and third 
thanksgivings after the communion are from the Teaching 
of the Apostles, a very ancient manuscript, assigned to 
the second century. 

In the Burial Service an effort has been made to 
change the too dominant note of gloom to one of hope 



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and trust. A very large collection of passages from the 
Bible has been provided, arranged nearly in the Scriptu- 
ral order, so that the minister may more easily find what- 
ever he desires to read. 

The Psalms in the Psalter also are given in their 
proper order. They are divided into thirty-one selec- 
tions, and may be read, if any so choose, for the day of 
the month. Each selection is divided into two portions ; 
and each portion — indeed, each Psalm — will be found 
to consist of an even number of verses. The King 
James Version has been, for the most part, strictly ad- 
hered to, as that which is most familiar. In a few in- 
stances only, for the sake of a better understanding, the 
phraseology of other versions has been employed. 

This book is the fruit of much earnest thought and 
work, and embodies much that is helpful and beautiful 
not before brought together in any book of prayer. It is 
now submitted to the churches with the single hope and 
desire that it may help men to worship in spirit and in 
truth. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

First Service, . . . 5 

Second Service, 19 

Third Service, 33 

Fourth Service, 47 

Fifth Service, 61 

Sixth Service, 73 

Seventh Service, 77 

Eighth Service, 81 

Ninth Service, . 85 

Ancient Order for Common Prayer, 89 

Collects for the Christian Year, in 

Thanksgivings and Prayers, 133 

Ante-Communion Service, 159 

A Shorter Ante-Communion Service, 163 

Communion Service, 165 

Ancient Order for Communion, 175 

Baptism of Children, . . . 185 

Baptism of Those of Riper Years, 191 

Order of Confirmation, 195 



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PAGE 

Marriage Service, 199 

Burial Service, 205 

Selections from the Book of Psalms, 235 

Anthems and Psalms for Special Occasions: 

Christmas Day, 349 

Ash Wednesday, 352 

Good Friday, . 354 

Easter, 358 

Whitsunday, 361 



Calendar showing what Holy Day of the Church falls 
upon each Sunday for Twenty-seven Years, 1894-1920, 365 

Tables of Lessons from the Old and the New Testa- 
ment, 372 



MORNING OR EVENING. 

If Opening Sentences : one or more to be read by the Minister. 

CEARCH me, O God, and know my heart ; try 
me, and know my thoughts ; and see if there 
be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way 
everlasting. 

'"PHUS saith the high and holy One that inhabit- 
eth eternity, whose name is Holy : I dwell in 
the high and holy place, with him also that is of a 
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of 
the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite 
ones. 

F>LESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is 
within me bless his holy name. 



HE Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him ; to all that call upon him in truth. 



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TT 77/^« the Mi?iister shall say : 

T ET us acknowledge our sins to Almighty God, 
our heavenly Father. 

A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, we acknowl- 
edge and confess that we have sinned against 
thee in thought, word, and deed ; that we have not 
loved thee with all our heart and soul, with all our 
mind and strength ; and that we have not loved our 
neighbor as ourselves. We beseech thee to have 
compassion upon us ; forgive us our sins ; and he]p 
us henceforth to do those things which are pleasing 
in thy sight. Amen. 

IT Tlien shall the Minister say this prayer, the People here, 
a?id at the end of every prayer, saying, Amen. 

TV /T OST gracious God, to know and love whose 
will is righteousness, enlighten our souls with 
the brightness of thy presence, that we may both 
know thy will, and be enabled to perform it. Amen. 

% The Lord's Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 

/^jUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive 



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those who trespass against us. And lead us not 
into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth. 

People. As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

\ One of the following Psalms may then be sung, or, omitting 
this, the Minister may announce the reading from the 
Psalms : 

PSALM LXXXIV. 

T T OW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
n hosts ! 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts 
of the Lord. 

My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living 
God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; they 
will be still praising thee. 

They go from strength to strength : every one of 
them in Zion appeareth before God. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield ; the Lord 
will give grace and glory ; 



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No good thing will he withhold from them that 
walk uprightly. 

O Lord ot hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth 
in thee. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



HE Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom 



shall I fear ? The Lord is the strength of my 
life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

Though a host should encamp against me, my 
heart shall not fear : though war should rise against 
me, in this will I be confident. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will 
I seek after : That I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty 
of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his 
pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he 
hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my heart 
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 



PSALM XXVII. 




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Wait on the Lord ; be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart ; wait, I say, on the 
Lord. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

T[ Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, 
the Psalms for the day, or any other Selection ; after 
which the " Te Deiim" the Canticle following, or a 
hymn may be sung. 

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

\\J E praise thee, O God : we acknowledge thee 
VV to be the Lord. 

All the Earth doth worship thee, the Father ever- 
lasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens, and all 
the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry: 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. 

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. 
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. 
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. 
The holy Church throughout all the world doth 
acknowledge thee, 



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The Father of an infinite Majesty. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy Servants whom 
thou hast redeemed through Jesus Christ thy Son. 

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in 
glory everlasting. 

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. 

Govern them, and lift them up for ever. 

Day by day we magnify thee ; 

And we worship thy name ever, world without end. 
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust 
is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be 
confounded. 

CANTICLE. 
BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA DOMINI. 

f~\ ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord, 
praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 



FIRST SERVICE II 

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord, praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord, pra ; se 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous, bless ye 
the Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Holy and Humble Men of heart, bless ye the 
Lord, praise him and magnify him for ever. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

IT Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which one of 
the following Psalms may be sung ; or in its place an 
Anthem, or a hymn may be sung: 

PSALM CXXXIX. 

LORD, thou hast searched me and known 
me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and 
art acquainted with all my ways. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is 
high, I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go from thy spirit, or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ; if 
I make my bed in the grave, behold thou art there. 

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in 



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the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy 
hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even 
the night shall be light about me. 

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

If I should count them, they are more in number 
than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, 
and know my thoughts, 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 
lead me in the way everlasting. 



psalm cxvi. 

TD ETURN unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord 
hath dealt bountifully with thee. 

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine 
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
benefits toward me ? 

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people, 

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of 
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 



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PRAYERS. 

f Then shall be said these prayers following, or such other 
prayers as may be preferred, the Minister first saying : 

minister. The Lord be with you. 
People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy 
upon us. 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 
Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within 
us. 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 



f The7i may be said the Collect for the day, and afterward 
the prayers and Litany which follow. {At Evening 
Prayer, the two following prayers and the Litany should 
be omitted, and in their place the Collects printed at the 
end of the Service may be used.) 

A PRAYER FOR PURITY. 

f~\ LORD our God, eternal, wonderful in glory: 
who art the Life of all, the Help of those that 
flee unto thee, the Hope of those who cry unto thee: 
cleanse us from our sins, secret and open, and from 
every thought displeasing to thy goodness, that with 
a pure heart and a clear conscience we may con- 
fidently and fearlessly pray unto thee, trusting in 
thine infinite love made known to us in Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



FIRST SERVICE 



A PRAYER FOR GRACE. 

^^RANT us, O Lord, to pass this day in gladness 
and peace, without stumbling and without 
stain ; that, reaching the eventide without being 
overcome by any temptation, we may praise thee, 
the eternal God, who art blessed, and dost govern 
all things, for ever and ever. Amen. 

LITANY. 

r~\ GOD, the Fountain of all being and of all love, 

Let thy blessing be upon ns, and fill us with 
thy love. 

From all jealousy and envy at the good of others, 
O Lord, deliver us. 

From all unkindness, from offence given or taken, 
from unrighteous anger and an impatient spirit, 
O Lord, deliver us. 

From a hard and unforgiving temper, and from 
evil-speaking, 

O Lord, deliver us. 

From an unquiet and discontented spirit, from 
gloominess and despondency, 
O Lord, deliver us. 

From fears and misgivings, from doubts of thy 
boundless love, and from forgetfulness of thy tender 
mercies, 

O Lord, deliver us, and fill us with the fulness of 

thy love. 



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We beseech thee, O Lord, to grant us charity, 
which suffereth long and is kind ; which envieth 
not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up ; which 
doth not behave itself unseemly, and seeketh not 
its own ; 

We beseech thee to grant this, O Lord. 

Charity, which is not easily provoked, thinketh no 
evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the 
truth ; 

We beseech thee to grant us, O Lord. 

Charity, which beareth all things, believeth all 
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things ; charity 
which never faileth ; 

We beseech thee to grant us, O Lord. 

O God our Father, in whom is calmness and 
peace, reconcile the dissensions which divide us 
from one another, and bring us into a unity of love 
which may bear some likeness to thy blessed nature ; 
that we may be spiritually one, as well in ourselves 
as with each other, through that peace of thine which 
maketh all things peaceful, and through the grace, 
mercy, and tenderness wherewith thou, O Lord, art 
our Father, for ever and ever. Amen. 

O God, who art Love, grant unto us, thy children, 
to bear one another's burdens in perfect good-will, 
that thy peace, which passeth understanding, may 
keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
Amen. 



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FIRST SERVICE 



A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 

PjUR Heavenly Father, we rejoice in the blessed 
^~ > ^ communion of all thy saints, wherein thou 
givest us also to have part. We remember be- 
fore thee all who have departed this life in thy 
faith and love, and especially those most dear to us. 
We thank thee for our present fellowship with them, 
for our common hope, and for the promise of future 
joy. Oh, let the cloud of witnesses, the innumerable 
company of those who have gone before and entered 
into rest, be to us an example of godly living. Even 
now may we be refreshed with their joy; that so 
with patience we may run the race that is set 
before us, and with them ever worship and adore 
thy glorious name. Amen. 

GENERAL THANKSGIVING. 

Tf To be said by the Minister and People together. 

(~\ LORD God, Father of mercies, the Fountain of 



comfort and blessing, who fillest heaven with 
thy glory, and earth with thy goodness : we offer 
thee most earnest and humble thanks for the gifts of 
nature and of grace, the support of every moment, 
and the comforts of every day. We beseech thee to 
fill our hearts with thy praise ; that our thankfulness 
to thee may be great as are our needs, and that thy 




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grace may so strengthen our purposes that our lives 
may be a thank-offering to thee, unto whom we 
ascribe all honor and glory. Amen. 



CONCLUDING PRAYER. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 
this time with one accord to make our com- 
mon supplications unto thee : fulfil now, O Lord, 
the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be 
most expedient for them ; granting us in this world 
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come 
life everlasting. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

\TOW the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing ; that ye may abound in 
hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

\Or this: 

'THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, 
be with us all evermore. Amen. 



IS 



FIRST SERVICE 



COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 



IT At Evening Prayer the "Te Deum" the Collects preceding 
the Litany, and the Litany, should be omitted, and the 
following Collects used in their place : 



LMIGHTY and everlasting God, whose paths 



are always mercy and truth : grant, we beseech 
thee, that we may continually advance in the love 
of thee, and rejoice in thy protection ; that we may 
serve thee with a quiet mind, and be able evermore 
to abide in thy peace. Amen. 



LORD GOD, the Life of mortals, the Light of 



^- > ^ the faithful, the Strength of those who labor, 
and the repose of the weary, grant us a tranquil 
night; that sleeping and waking we maybe strength- 
ened by thy spirit, and enabled with thankful hearts 
to love and serve thee continually. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR PEACE. 




A PRAYER FOR REPOSE. 




MORNING OR EVENING. 



If Opening Sentences : one or more to he read by the Minister. 

SK, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye 



shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you : for every one that asketh receiveth ; and he 
that seeketh fmcleth ; and to him that knocketh it 
shall be opened. 

T/" NOW ye that the Lord he is God ; it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are 
his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into 
his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with 
praise. 

shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? 



or who shall stand in his holy place ? He 
that hath clean hands and a pure heart ; who hath 
not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceit- 
fully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, 
and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

If Then shall the Minister say : 




ET us draw near to God, and he will draw near 
to us. 






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T A General Confession to be said by the minister and People. 

T F we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. If we confess our 
sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

I will arise and go to my Father, and say unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy 
sight. 

God be merciful to me a sinner. 

For the good that I would I do not ; but the evil 
which I would not, that I do. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

Let the words of my mouth and the meditations 
of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength and my redeemer. 

Then shall the Minister say this prayer, the People here, 
and at the end of every prayer, saying Amen. 

f~\ LORD, our God, who callest us by the plead- 
ings of thy compassionate spirit to repent and 
forsake our sins, look upon us, and in thy tender 
mercy take away from us the burden of our trans- 
gressions. Cleanse us from every unholy desire, and 
remove from us every vain and evil thought ; that 
our worship may be pure and acceptable in thy sight, 
and that we may worthily ask and receive thy bless- 
ing. Amen. 



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IT The Lord's Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 



UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be 



thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as 
we forgive those who trespass against us. And 
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Now unto Him that is able to keep us 
from falling, and to present us faultless before the 
presence of His glory with exceeding joy; to the 
only wise God our Saviour : 

People. Be glory and majesty, dominion and 
power, for ever and ever. Amen. 

\ One of the following Psalms may then be sung ; or, omitting 
this, the Minister may announce the reading from the 



T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 
My help cometh from the Lord, which made 
heaven and earth. 




Psalms. 



PSALM CXXI. 



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SECOND SERVICE 



He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum- 
ber nor sleep. 

The Lord is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy shade 
upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon 
by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; he 
shall preserve thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
cominor i n from this time forth, and even for ever- 
more. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God : 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

PSALM CXLVIII. 

pRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from 
the heavens : praise him in the heights. 
Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all 
his hosts. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye 
stars of light. 

Fire and hail, snow and vapors ; stormy wind 
fulfilling his word, 

Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all 
cedars ; 



SECOND SERVICE 



Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying 
fowl ; 

Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes and all 
judges of the earth ; 

Both young men and maidens, old men and chil- 
dren : 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his 
name alone is excellent. 

His glory is above the earth and heaven : praise 
ye the Lord. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God : 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



IT Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alter7tately, 
the Psalms for the day, or any other Selection, after 
which the " Te Deum" the Psalm following, or a hymn, 
may be sung. 



E praise thee, O God ; we acknowledge thee 



to be the Lord. 
All the Earth doth worship thee, the Father ever- 
lasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens, and 
all the Powers therein. 



READING FROM THE PSALMS. 



TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 




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SECOND SERVICE 



To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry : 
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. 
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. 

The Holy Church throughout all the world doth 
acknowledge thee, 

The Father of an infinite Majesty. 

Day by day we magnify thee ; and we worship thy 
name ever, world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without 
sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our 
trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be 
confounded. 

PSALM LXXXIX. 

T WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: 
with my mouth will I make known thy faithful- 
ness to all generations. 

The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : 
thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 

For who in the heavens can be compared unto the 
Lord ? Who among the mighty can be likened unto 
him ? 



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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine. 
As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast 
founded them. 

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne, mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : 
they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in 
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 

Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen and 
Amen. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

TI Then shall be read a Scripture lesson ; after which the fol- 
lowing Canticle may be sung ; or in its place an Anthem 
or a hymn may be sting. 

CANTICLE. 

CEEK ye the word of the Lord and read ; for his 
thoughts are not as our thoughts. 

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the 
feeble knees. 

Say to them that are of fearful heart : be strong; 
fear not. 

Behold your God will bring deliverance : he will 
come and save you. 

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and 
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 



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Then shall the lame leap as the hart, and the 
tongue of the dumb shall sing. 

In the wilderness shall waters break out, and 
streams in a thirsty land. 

The solitary place shall be glad, and the desert 
shall blossom as the rose. 

And a highway shall be there : the way of holi- 
ness. 

To the meek it shall be a path of light, and the 
wayfaring man shall not err therein. 

Come walk in his word with songs of joy : 
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

PRAYERS. 

If Then shall be said these prayers following, or such other 
prayers as may be preferred, the Minister first saying: 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy 
upon us : 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us : 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

If Then may be said the Collect for the day, and then the 
prayers and Litany which follow. {At Evening Prayer 
the two following prayers and the Litany should be omitted, 
and in their place the Collects printed at the end of the 
Service may be used.) 

A PRAYER FOR DIVINE HELP. 

GOD, who art ever more ready to hear than 
we are to pray, and who hast promised the 
help of thy Holy Spirit to those who truly seek 



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it, we pray thee to fulfil thy gracious promise to us 
thy servants, and to grant us that light and help 
without which we can do nothing. Guide us by thy 
counsel, and defend us by thy might. Purify us by 
thy Spirit, and keep us in thy fear and love contin- 
ually ; and to thee will we give praise, world without 
end. Amen. 

A PRAYER OF TRUST. 

f~\ THOU who alone art infinite in knowledge 
and wisdom, though thy ways are past our 
finding out, we are sure that they are just and right. 
Help us therefore to submit our desires to thy will, 
and in humility and trust to offer up our prayers to 
thee, the only wise God. Amen. 



LITANY. 

r~\ MOST mighty God and merciful Father, who 
hast compassion on all men and hatest noth- 
ing that thou hast made, receive and comfort us who 
are grieved and wearied with the burden of our 
shortcomings and with the hardness of our tasks. 

Mercifully forgive and help 71s, O Lord our God. 

Take from us all impurity of thought or desire ; 
all envy, pride, hypocrisy ; all falsehood and deceit ; 
all covetousness, vain-glory, and indolence; all malice 
and anger, — everything that is contrary to thy will, 
O most holy God. 

Lord, make clean our hearts within us. 



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From inordinate care for the things of this earthly 
life, and from neglect of those things which are 
eternal, 

Save us, O Lord. 

Enlighten our understandings, that we may know 
the wonderful things of thy law ; the greatness of 
thy love in Christ ; the mysteries of thy kingdom, 
and the riches of thine eternal glory. 

Hear us, we beseech t/iee, O Lord. 

Assist us in all our doings with thy gracious favor, 
and further us with thy continual help, that in all 
our works, begun, continued, and ended in thee we 
may glorify thy holy name. 

Hear 71s, O Lord ; for our trust is in thee. 

Shed abroad thy love in our hearts, that we may 
love thee above all things, and our neighbor as our- 
selves, and be abundantly refreshed by that charity 
which never faileth. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us. 

We remember before thee our Magistrates, and all 
who are in authority ; enlighten and guide them, and 
so dispose and order the affairs of this nation that 
righteousness and truth may prevail, and that in all 
godliness and honesty this people may live quiet and 
peaceable lives. 

Hear us, O Lord. 

We commend to thee those who are in need, sick- 
ness, or adversity ; let the comfort of thy Holy Spirit 
never depart from them ; give them patience and 



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constancy, and in thine own good time turn their 
sorrow into joy. 

0 Lord, be thou their hope and stay. 

Protect and bless our friends and kindred ; and so 
fill us with love, gentleness, and forbearance that we 
may walk in our homes with a perfect heart, and have 
joy in each other which passeth not away. 

Our Father in heaven, we beseeeh thee to hear us. 

O Lord, our God, who lovest us, inspire in our 
hearts, we pray, a holy love toward thee, which shall 
lead our minds to clear and steadfast faith ; that thy 
truth may be our light, thy righteousness our 
strength, and thy love the peace and comfort of our 
life for evermore. Amen. 



TERNAL GOD, with whom do live the spirits 



that depart hence, we praise and magnify thee 
for thy grace and blessing manifested to all thy 
true saints and faithful servants, of every nation and 
every age, who have glorified thee in their mortal 
lives. Grant to us, we pray, their spirit of love, and 
of devotion to thy will. May their example quicken 
us to a better life ; so that we, who cherish their 
memory, may by thy grace be gathered into the com- 
pany of those who abide with thee for ever. Amen. 



A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 




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A THANKSGIVING. 



T[ To be said by the Minister and People together. 



ATHER of Compassion, and Fountain of all 



goodness : we heartily thank thee for thy boun- 
tiful gifts to us and to all men. We thank thee for the 
blessings of health and strength, and for our consola- 
tions in time of trial. We thank thee for all kindly 
charities and pure affections ; for the means of doing 
good which thou hast given ; and for the victory 
over sin and death which thou hast promised us. 
Above all, we thank thee that thou hast revealed to 
us thy goodness, and the love that governs all our 
ways. We therefore bless thy holy name, and bring 
our offering of praise and gratitude ; praying that 
thou wilt establish us in every good word and work, 
and make us worthy the love thou hast bestowed 
upon us. Amen. 



LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 



this time with one accord to make our com- 
mon supplications to thee : fulfil now, O Lord, the 
desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most 
expedient for them, granting us in this world knowl- 
edge of thy truth, and in the world to come life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 




CONCLUDING PRAYER. 




SECOND SERVICE 



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BENEDICTION. 

HPHE Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord make 
his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto 
us; the Lord lift up the light of his countenance 
upon us, and give us peace. Amen. 

IT Or this : 



'HPHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit 
be with us all evermore. Amen. 



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COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 

IT At Evening Prayer the "Te Deum" the Collects preceding 
the Litany, and the Litany should be omitted, and the 
following Collects used in their place : 

GOD, the Father of lights in whom is no vari- 
ableness nor "shadow of turning, from whom 
cometh down every good and perfect gift, help us so 
to live in thy peace that even the night shall be 
light about us. O thou who dost neither slumber 
nor sleep, and who givest thine angels charge over 
us to keep us in all our ways, send out thy light and 
thy truth, till all men shall see thy glory, and the 
whole earth shall be full of the knowledge of God. 
A men. 



f~\ GOD, our heavenly Father, by whose Provi- 
dence both the day and night are governed, 
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, as thou hast this day 
preserved us by thy goodness, so still this night to 
overshadow us by thy might ; that we, being armed 
with thy defence, may be preserved from all adver- 
sities that hurt the body, and from all thoughts that 
assault and defile the soul. Amen. 



Ctytrfc ^>cririce. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 



If Opening Sentences : one or more to be read by the Minister : 

HP HE Lord is good to them that wait for him, to 
the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a 
man should both hope and quietly wait for the sal- 
vation of the Lord. 

HPHE hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- 



shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and 
in truth ; for the Father seeketh such to worship 
him. God is a spirit, and they that worship him 
must worship him in spirit and in truth. 

T3EH0LD, the tabernacle of God is with men; 

and he shall dwell with them, and they shall 
be his people ; and God himself shall be with them, 
and be their God. 




HE eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath 
are the everlasting arms. 



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If Then the Minister shall say : 

T ET us humbly acknowledge our sins to our 
heavenly Father, and entreat his forgiveness. 

If A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, most merciful Father, unto 
whom all hearts are open, and from whom no 
secrets are hid : we are heartily sorry for the sins 
which we have at any time committed, in thought or 
affection, in word or deed. We pray thee to look 
graciously upon us, and forgive us. Help us to lay 
aside every weight, and the sins which so easily 
beset us, and to subdue our thoughts and desires to 
the obedience of the gospel. We offer thee now our 
whole being, our bodies and souls, to be thy temple 
for ever. Take us, O Lord, entirely into thy hands, 
and let nothing henceforward, either in life or death, 
separate us from thee any more. Amen. 

\ Then shall the Minister My this prayer, the People here, and 
at the end of every prayer, saying, Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, the Father of mercies, we 
beseech thee to grant us true repentance, and 
thy Holy Spirit, that those things may please thee 
which we do at this present, and that the rest of our 
life hereafter may be pure and holy, so that at the 
last we may come to thine eternal joy. Amen. 



THIRD SERVICE 



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IT The Lord's Prayer to be said by the Minister and People. 

PjUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 
People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth. 

People. As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 

People. The Lord's name be praised. 

If One of the following Psalms may then be sung ; or, omit- 
ting this, the Minister may announce the reading from 
the Psalms. 

PSALM CXLV. 

T WILL extol thee, my God, O King; and I will 
bless thy name for ever and ever. 
Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy 
name for ever and ever. 



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The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies 
are over all his works. 

Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire 
of every living thing. 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him ; 
he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



PSALM xxxiv. 

T WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise 
shall continually be in my mouth. 

0 magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his 
name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered 
me from all my fears. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

O taste and see that the Lord is good ; blessed 
is the man that trusteth in him. 



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The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants ; and 
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, 

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



IF Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, 
the Psalms for the day or any other Selection : after which 
the following Psalm, or Canticle, or a hymn may be sung: 



r~\ BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; serve the 
Lord with gladness, and come before his pres- 
ence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord, he is God ; it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto 
him, and speak good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlast- 
ing ; and his truth endureth from generation to 
generation. 



READING FROM THE PSALMS. 



PSALM C. 




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THIRD SERVICE 



CANTICLE. 

TWT ARVELLOUS things of the Lord our God have 
we heard, and our fathers have told us. 

Repeat to their children his ancient praise, that 
the generations may set their hope in God. 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as his holy 
hill, which cannot be removed. 

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so 
the Lord encompasseth them for ever. 

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him; in the time of trouble he hideth them in his 
pavilion. 

In the day-time he leacleth them with a cloud ; and 
in the night with a light of fire. 

Though they fall, they shall not be utterly cast 
down ; for the Lord upholdeth them with his hand. 

They shall not be afraid of evil tidings, for their 
times are in his hand. 

Commit thy way unto the Lord, wait patiently for 
him ; and thou shalt never be forsaken. 

He will draw thee out of the dark waters, and 
show thee the path of life. 

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, yet 
walketh in darkness and hath no light ? 

Let him surely trust in the Lord, and stay upon 
his God. 



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READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 



IT Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which the 
" Gloria in Excelsis" as follows, or iti its place an An- 
them or a hymn may be sung. 



LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, 



good will toward men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give 
thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, 
heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. Amen. 



Then shall be said these prayers following, or such other 
prayers as may be preferred, the Minister first saying: 

Minister. The Lord be with you. 
People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy 
upon us. 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us. 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

1 Then may be said the Collect for the day and then the 
prayers and Litany which foil 02a. {At Evening Prayer, 
the two follozving prayers and the Litany shottld be omitted, 
and in their place the Collects printed at the etid of the 
Service may be used) 



^LMIGHTY GOD, who hast bidden us seek that 
we may find, and who pourest out on all who 
desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: 




PRAYERS. 



A PRAYER FOR DEVOTION. 



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THIRD SERVICE 



deliver us, when we draw nigh to thee, from cold- 
ness of heart and wanderings of mind, that, with 
steadfast thoughts and kindled affections, we may 
worship thee in spirit and in truth. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR LIGHT. 

f\ GOD, the King eternal, who dividest the day 
^^irom the darkness, and turnest the shadow of 
death into the morning ; drive far from us all wrong 
desires, incline our hearts to keep thy law, and guide 
our feet into the way of peace; that, having done 
thy will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, 
when the night cometh, rejoice to give thee thanks. 
A men. 



1 Or this : 

A LMIGHTY GOD, grant that by the faithful 

practice of the things that we know to be 
true, our hearts may be purged of all evil thoughts 
and desires, and we may be brought to that pureness 
of spirit by which alone thou canst be served. For- 
give all our wanderings from the light. Show us 
the light, that we may live in it, may pass in safety 
through the shadow of death, and abide with thee 
for evermore. Amen. 



THIRD SERVICE 



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LITANY. 



LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in communion 



with thy saints in all ages, with patriarchs and 
prophets, apostles and martyrs, with our beloved 
dead who have fallen asleep in thy peace : we, who 
are still striving to do and bear thy blessed will on 
earth, adore thee, and offer thee our praises and sup- 
plications. 

Hear our prayers, O Lord, we beseech thee. 

Make us of quick and tender conscience, that we 
may follow every suggestion of thine indwelling 
spirit. 

We beseech tJiee to hear us, O Lord. 

We pray thee to reveal to us the beauty of thy 
perfect will, the gladness of thy service, the power 
of thy presence in our hearts. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 

May no perplexity create in us an impatient spirit, 
no temptation lead us into sin, no sorrow hide thy 
loving will from us. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 

Teach us all to feel the need of thy grace, and to 
seek it ; to know thy will, and to do it ; and to abide 
in peace in our appointed lot. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 

Calm the turbulence of our passions ; quiet the 
throbbings of our hopes and fears ; repress the way- 




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THIRD SERVICE 



wardness of our wills ; and direct the motions of our 
affections. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 

Strengthen us to bear all our trials patiently, and 
to glorify thee in our daily life. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 

Help us to forgive as we would be forgiven ; 
dwelling neither in speech nor thought upon offences 
committed against us, but loving our brother freely 
as thou lovest us. 

We beseech thee to hear us, 0 Lord. 

Grant thy help, O Lord, that we may carefully 
watch over our tempers and overcome every unholy 
feeling; remove whatever in us may be a stumbling 
block in another's way, that we may conform to thy 
will in things both small and great. 

Grant this, O Lord, we beseech thee. 

We beseech thee to bless and comfort the old, to 
give strength unto such as are bearing the burden 
and heat of the day, and to lead all children in the 
right way ; preserve all whom we love from the dan- 
gers of this present life, and prepare them by thy 
grace for life eternal. 

Grant this, O Lord, we beseech thee. 

Have compassion on all those who are in trouble, 
sorrow, need, or any other adversity, and on those 
who are worn with excessive toil ; give them patience, 
faith in thy goodness, and conformity to thy will. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 



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43 



We humbly pray thee, O Father in heaven, to 
guide us through the darkness of this world, to guard 
us from its perils, to hold us up and strengthen us 
when we grow weary in our mortal way ; and to lead 
us by thy chosen paths, through time and through 
death, to our eternal home in thy heavenly kingdom. 

Mercifully grant our petitions, O Lord. 

O most loving Father, who wiliest us to give 
thanks for all things, and to cast all our care on thee 
who carest for us : preserve us from faithless fears 
and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of 
this mortal life may hide from us the light of that 
love which is immortal, and which thou hast mani- 
fested to us in him who is the author and finisher of 
our faith. Amen. 



A PRAYER OF COMMEMORATION. 

OUR FATHER in heaven, we thank thee for all 
who have walked in thy light, and especially 
for those near to us and dear, in whose lives we have 
seen thine excellent glory and beauty. May we 
know that out of the body as in the body they are 
with thee, and that, when these earthly days come to 
an end, it is not that our service of thee and of one 
another may cease, but that it may begin anew. 
Make us glad in all who have faithfully lived ; make 



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us glad in all who have peacefully died. Lift us into 
light and love and purity and blessedness ; and give 
us at last our portion with those who have trusted in 
thee, and sought in all things to do thy holy will. 
And unto thy blessed name do we ascribe all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 



A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. 

If To be said by the Minister and People together. 

TV jl OST merciful God, our Father in heaven, from 
whom cometh down every good and perfect 
gift ; we give thee most hearty thanks for all thy 
blessings of nature and of grace ; for the power 
of loving ; for everything, whether joy or sorrow, 
whereby thou hast drawn us nearer to thyself ; and 
for all that thou hast in keeping for them that love 
thee. Henceforth, even for ever, we would trust 
thee with our present and our future, our hopes and 
our fears, for ourselves and for all whom thou hast 
given us to love. And grant, we beseech thee, that, 
as thou dost continually pour out thy gifts upon us, 
we may ever, more and more, abound in thankful- 
ness and in all good works, following in the footsteps 
of thy well-beloved Son. Amen, 



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CONCLUDING PRAYER. 



LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 



this time with one accord to make our common 
supplications unto thee : fulfil now, O Lord, the 
desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most 
expedient for them, granting us in this world knowl- 
edge of thy truth, and in the world to come life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 



HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of 



God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit 
be with us all, evermore. Amen. 



ND now unto thee, our Father and our God, we 



would, as is most meet, with the church on 
earth and the church in heaven, ascribe all honor 
and glory, dominion and majesty : as it was in the 
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 




BENEDICTION. 




IT Or this : 




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COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 

H At Evening Prayer the " Te Denm," the Collects preceding 
the Litany, and the Litany should be omitted, and the 
following Collects used in their place : 

r\ GOD, the Life of the faithful, the Bliss. of the 
righteous : mercifully receive the prayers of 
thy suppliants, that the souls which thirst for thy 
promises may evermore be filled from thine abun- 
dance, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



f~\ LORD our God, who alone makest us to dwell 
^" > ^ in safety ; refresh with quiet sleep this night 
those who are wearied with the labors of the day; 
and mercifully protect from harm all who put their 
trust in thee, that, lying down in peace to take our 
rest, we may fear no evil, but confidently give our- 
selves into thy holy keeping. Amen. 



MORNING OR EVENING. 



If Opening Sentences : one or more to be read by the Minister : 



HEREWITH shall I come before the Lord, 



and bow myself before the most high God ? 
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good ; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, 
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? 

'T^HEY that wait upon the Lord shall renew their 
strength. They shall mount up with wings as 
eagles ; they shall run, and not be weary ; they shall 
walk, and not faint. 

f OD that made the world and all things therein, 



seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, 
dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is 
worshipped with men's hands as though he needed 
anything, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and 
all things ; and hath made of one blood all nations of 
men to dwell on all the face of the earth ; and hath 





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determined the times before appointed, and the 
bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek 
the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find 
him, though he be not far from every one of us ; for 
in him we live and move and have our being. 



If Then shall the Minister say : 

T ET us search and try our ways, and turn again 
to the Lord our God. 



TT A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

TV /[ OST merciful Father, who knowest the depths 
of our hearts : we confess unto thee that we 
continually fall short of that holiness which thou dost 
require in thy children ; we forget or neglect the 
duties that we owe to thee and to our fellow-men. 
We beseech thee to make our penitence for these 
shortcomings and negligences a repentance unto 
new life. Give us thy strength to overcome the 
weakness that leads us into sin, that our lives here- 
after may be more perfect in thy sight, to the honor 
of thy holy name. Amen. 



TT Then shall the Minister say this prayer, the People here, 
and at the end of every prayer, saying, Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, grant that, being humbled by 
thy mighty hand, and brought to a deep sense 



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of our unworthiness, we may so watch against temp- 
tation, and be so helped and strengthened by thy 
favor, as hereafter to serve and please thee in new- 
ness of life. Grant that, our hearts and minds being- 
joined to thee by thy love, we may escape all dangers 
which do presently beset us, and finally attain unto 
thine everlasting joy. Amen. 



IT The Lord's Prayer, to be said by the Minister and People. 

UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 



name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 



Minister. O Lord, open thou our eyes. 

People. That we may behold wondrous things 
out of thy law. 

Minister. O Lord, open thou our lips. 

People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 
People. The Lord's name be praised. 




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TT This Hymn, or the Psalm following may then be sung; or 
omitting this, the Minister may announce the reading 
from the Psalms. 

BENEDTCTUS. 

DLESSED be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people, 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in 
the house of his servant David. 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world began ; 

That we might serve him without fear, in holi- 
ness and righteousness all the days of our life ; 

Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby 
the day-spring from on high hath visited us ; 

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in 
the shadow of death ; and to guide our feet into the 
way of peace. 

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his 
spirit and the love of Christ, 

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. 



PSALM LXVI. 

TV/T AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands ; 

Sing forth the honor of his name; make his 
praise glorious. 



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All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing 
unto thy name. 

0 bless our God, ye people ; and make the voice 
of his praise to be heard : 

Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not 
our feet to be moved. 

Come and hear, all ye that fear God ; and I will 
declare what he hath done for my soul. 

1 cried unto him with my mouth ; and he hath 
heard me. 

Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my 
prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his 
spirit and the love of Christ, 

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. 

READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

If Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, 
the Psalms for the day; or any other Selection ; after 
which the following Psalm, or Canticle, or a hymn may 
be sung. 

PSALM XXIII. 

'THE Lord is my shepherd : I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : 
he leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. 



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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death. I will fear no evil : 

For thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they 
comfort me. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lord for ever. 

Glory be to God most high, the ever blessed 
Father, 

Who is, and was, and shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

CANTICLE. 

THE heavens and the earth may perish ; but thou, 
O Lord, shalt endure. 
Yea, they shall wax old like a garment : as a 
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be 
changed ; 

But thou art the same ; and thy years shall have 
no end. 

The Lord is our strength and our song, and is 
become our salvation. 

We shall not die, but live and declare the works 
of the Lord. 

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

The stone which the builders refused is become 
the headstone of the corner. 



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This is the Lord's doing : it is marvellous in our 
eyes. 

Glory be to God most high, the ever blessed 
Father, 

Who is, and was, and shall be, world without 
end. Am en. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

IT Then shall be read a Scripture lesson : after which may 
be snug the following Canticle; or in its place an Anthem 



HE tabernacle of God is with men : he dwelleth 



not in temples made with hands. 
All day its gates are open ; and no night shuts 
the way of mercy. 

Come to the river of God in the midst : to him 
that is athirst he giveth of its living waters freely. 

Come to the tree of life, whose leaves are for the 
healing of the nations. 

Blessed be the Lord that draweth nigh ; and open- 
eth deep things of the spirit to them that love him ; 

And calleth the kingdoms of this world to be the 
kingdoms of our God and of his Christ. 

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his 
spirit and the love of Christ, 

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. 



or a hymn may be sung. 



CANTICLE. 




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PRAYERS. 

TT Then shall be said these prayers following, or such other 
prayers as may be preferred, the Minister first saying: 

Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy 
upon us : 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us : 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

1" Then may be said the Collect for the day, and then the 
prayers and Litany which follow. {At Evening Prayer 
the two following prayers and the Litany should be otnilted, 
and in their place the Collects printed at the end of the 
Service may be used.) 

A PRAYER FOR LIGHT. 

LORD our God, who turnest into morning the 
shadows of night, grant that we may be chil- 
dren of the light and of the day. Let the sun of 
thy righteousness shine in our hearts. Enlighten 
our reason, make clear our conscience, and purify 
our affections. We give ourselves to thee this day, 
beseeching thee so to rule and govern us by thy 
Spirit that faithless distrust and all evil thoughts 
may be driven from our minds ; that we may walk 
with joy in the light of thy countenance and in the 
way of thy salvation Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR HELP IN WORSHIP. 

GOD, Light of our hearts and Life of our souls, 
the Strength of all that seek thee : grant us thy 



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grace and blessing as we offer to thee our common 
supplications. Restore unto us the joy of thy salva- 
tion, and uphold us with thy free spirit. Help us to 
desire and seek after the good for which we pray ; 
that the hunger and thirst of our souls may be satis- 
fied from the plenteousness of thy mercy. Behold, 
we are thy servants : we would not live unto our- 
selves, but unto thee. Let thy will be ours; and 
grant us above all things to rest in thee, that in thee 
our hearts may be at peace. Amen. 

LITANY. 

f~\ GOD, the Father of mercies, we bow before 
^ _> ^ thee in humble penitence, owning our weak- 
ness and our want, and coming to thee for help and 
deliverance. 

O Lord, deliver us from evil. 

Almighty and most merciful God, toward whose 
everlasting blessedness we ascend by the strong 
desire of the soul, and by patient continuance in 
well doing : lead us by thine inspiration to seek 
our true life with thee, and earnestly to strive to 
enter into thy heavenly kingdom. 

Send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead us. 

Set us free from the bondage of self-will, and pas- 
sion, and ungodly desire, that sin may not have 
dominion over us ; but that with a willing mind we 
may serve thee, the Lord of heaven and earth. 

Sanctify and renew us in the spirit of our minds. 



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From unrighteous anger and an impatient temper, 
from an uncharitable judgment and readiness to be- 
lieve evil, 

Deliver us, O Lord. 

From inordinate cares and needless anxieties, from 
complaints against thee and from rebellion against 
thy holy will, 

Deliver us, O Lord. 

Give us a wise and understanding heart, a fervent 
and faithful spirit, a love of holy things, and a long- 
ing for whatsoever is good and true. 

Lord, fix our hearts on thee. 

O God, the Father of lights : with whom is no 
variableness nor shadow of turning, from whom 
cometh down every good and perfect gift : we ask 
of thee that wisdom which is first pure, then peace- 
able, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy 
and good fruits, without partiality and without hy- 
pocrisy. 

Give us, we pray thee, zvisdom from above. 

Help us to walk with all lowliness and meekness, 
with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love ; 
endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the 
bond of peace. 

So may we fulfil the law of love. 

Grant, O Lord, that we faint not ; but, though 
our outward man perish, may our inward man be 
renewed day by day. 

Help us, we pray, to live and zvalk in thy spirit. 



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O thou who art the blessed and only potentate; 
the King of kings and Lord of lords ; dwelling in 
the light which no man can approach unto : to thee 
be honor and power everlasting. 

Help us, with one mind, to glorify thee. 

To the Only Holy, the First and the Last, be 
thanksgiving and praise, from all kindreds and 
tongues on earth, and the voices of saints in heaven. 
Amen. 

f~\ GOD, who hast taught us how good it is to 
follow the holy desires which thou hast put 
into our hearts, and how grievous it is to lose the 
love of whatever beauty and goodness our minds 
have once beheld : give us grace, we beseech thee, 
at all times, to desire and seek the best gifts. For- 
give, we pray, the imperfections of the. best offering 
we can make to thee. Kindle thou our sacrifice by 
the heavenly fire of thine own goodness and love; 
and may we so truly find thee here in our prayer 
that we shall never lose thee, but dwell in thy holy 
presence henceforth, and even for evermore. Amen. 

1 Or this: 

f~~\ THOU, who art the one God and Father of all, 
who hast breathed thine own spirit into thy 
children, and made us to be at one with each other 
as members of thy household, enable us, we beseech 



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thee, to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond 
of peace. Amid diversities of knowledge and of 
faith, may we be made one in spirit, in brotherly 
affection, and in devotion to thy holy will. Deliver 
us, we pray thee, from all blindness and prejudice, and 
whatsoever else would turn our hearts from one an- 
other. By the charity of our temper and thoughts 
may we show forth the power of the gospel of love ; 
and may we live in peace and unity with all our 
brethren, as followers of the Prince of Peace. 
Amen. 



A THANKSGIVING. 

If To be said by the Minister and People together. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, the Giver of all good, we 
give thee thanks for thy faithful servants who, 
having witnessed in their lives the power of thy 
help, have left the light of their example to shine 
before thy people upon earth. We thank thee for 
the life which we have from thee, and for the work 
to which thou hast appointed us; for whatever of 
good thou hast enabled us to win, and for the hope 
that leads us on toward eternal life. Give us, we 
pray, a heartfelt gratitude for these and all thy 
mercies, and increase in us the manifold gifts of 
thy Spirit ; that through thy counsel and might we 
may do those works which glorify thee, our Father 
in heaven. Amen. 



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CONCLUDING PRAYER. 



LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 



this time with one accord to make our common 
supplications to thee : fulfil now, O Lord, the desires 
and petitions of thy servants as may be most expe- 
dient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge 
of thy truth, and in the world to come life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 



TV yj AY the peace of God, which passeth all under- 
standing, that peace which the world can 
neither give nor take away, be with us now, and 
abide in our hearts for ever. Amen. 




BENEDICTION. 



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COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 



At Evening Prayer the Collects preceding the Litany and 
the Litany should be omitted, and the following Collects 
used in their place: 



TERNAL GOD and most merciful Father, grant 



us the help of thy grace and Holy Spirit, that 
our souls may rest in the thought of thy goodness, 
and quiet themselves in thee. May we now, and at 
all times, find in thee our true inward peace. Let 
thy mighty hand and outstretched arm be our de- 
fence, thy mercy and loving-kindness our salvation, 
thy Holy Spirit our comfort and our strength, now 
and evermore. Amen. 

f~\ GOD, who givest us these quiet hours of holy 



thought and prayer : we thank thee for the 
rest which thou hast granted us, and the peace which 
thou hast breathed into our souls this day. As 
the shadows of evening gather, we commend our 
spirits to thy care. And when the morning calls 
us forth again to serve thee, may thy love renew the 
blessing which we have sought to-day. So, O God, 
in new strength for toil, and a holier spirit of devo- 
tion to thy will, may we receive thy merciful answer 
to our prayers. Amen. 





MORNING OR EVENING. 



Opening Sentences : one or more to be read by the Minister : 



P\RAW nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh 
unto you. Rejoice in his holy name; let the 
heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the 
Lord and his strength ; seek his face for evermore. 

r THY way, O God, is in the sanctuary. Thou 



art the God that doest wonders ; thou hast 
made known thy strength among the peoples. 

T ET us sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, 



and declare his works with rejoicing. 

T^HOU, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call 
upon thee. 

A LL nations whom thou hast made shall come 



and worship before thee, O Lord ; and they 
shall glorify thy name. 






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TI Then shall the Minister say: 

T^ORASMUCH as we are here assembled to unite 
in prayer and praise to Almighty God, it is 
meet that we engage in this service with humble minds 
and reverent hearts. We come to hold communion 
with him and with one another, to cast all our care 
upon him who careth for us, and to seek new strength 
in our battle with sin. We draw near to him with 
deep thankfulness, remembering the many tokens of 
his constant goodness. 

Our Father is faithful, and we therefore trust in 
him ; he is wise, and it is our desire to obey him ; 
he scatters his gifts with a bounteous hand, and 
we would receive them with thankful hearts ; he 
is merciful and gracious, patient and long suffering, 
and so, like children, we turn to him, and seek his 
strength and blessing. Let us pray. 

Then shall the Minister say this prayer, the People here, and 
at the end of every prayer, afirajering, A??ien. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we enter 
into thy nearer presence, and offer to thee the 
love and gratitude of our hearts. Look upon our 
needs in the fulness of thy mercy, and replenish us 
with thy heavenly grace. Lighten every burdened 
soul ; give rest to the weary ; comfort the afflicted ; 
and make us more patient and contented with thy daily 
providence. Deepen within us every feeling of shame 
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the good we have left undone ; strengthen every 
desire to amend our lives according to thy holy 
will. Show us the path of duty, and make our feet 
steadfast therein. Make us true followers of Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent to guide us, and to pro- 
claim the message of thine abundant love. Amen. 

The Lord's Prayer, to be said by the Minister and People. 

/^vUR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
^" > ^ name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. Now unto Him who is able to keep us 
from falling, and to present us faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceeding joy; to the 
only wise God, our Saviour ; 

People. Be glory and majesty, dominion and 
power, for ever and ever. Amen. 

\ The following Psalm may then be sting; or, omitting this, 
the Minister may announce the reading from the Psalms. 

PSALM VIII. 

f~\ LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in 
• all the earth ! 

Who hast set thy glory above the heavens ! 



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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 
fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast 
ordained, 

What is man that thou art mindful of him, and 
the son of man that thou visitest him ? 

For thou hast made him a little lower than the 
angels ; and hast crowned him with glory and honor. 

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works 
of thy hands. 

Thou hast put all things under his feet : 

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the 
field; 

The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, and 
whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
the earth ! 

Glory be to God, the Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 
be, world without end. Amen. 

READING FROM THE PSALMS. 

IT Then shall be said, by the Minister and People alternately, 
the Psalms for the day, or any other Selection ; after 
which the following Canticle, or a hymn may be sting. 

CANTICLE. 

T O ! at length the True Light, — light for every 
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Kindling the face of them that receive it, till they 
become the sons of God. 

Cease, blinding glories of the heavens, which none 
could see and live ! 

Cease, gross darkness of the earth, where the 
righteous put forth their hands, and fear ! 

The veil between is taken away, and the mingling 
day-spring -comes ; 

No longer is the dwelling of Eternal Life too 
bright above, and the perishable world too dark 
below. 

The Son of God hath dwelt among us, full of grace 
and truth ; 

The Son of Man hath gone up on high, made per- 
fect through suffering for the holy of holies. 

He is our peace, giving us access by one spirit to 
the Father ; 

No more strangers and exiles, but fellow-citizens 
with the saints, and of the household of God. 

O Lord Almighty, we had said of thee, "Thy 
thoughts are not as our thoughts ; " 

But thou hast looked on us as with the pity of a 
man, and raised us to think the thoughts of God. 

We had said, " Our righteousness reacheth not 
unto thee, or to the holy ones of thy presence ;" 

But thou hast made one family, there and here ; 
one living communion of seen and unseen. 

We had said, "Thoulayest men fast in everlast- 



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ing sleep ; " but, lo ! they sleep into everlasting 
waking. 

Blessed be the Lord God, that giveth beauty for 
ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness. 

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his 
spirit and the love of Christ, 

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world 
without end. Amen. 

READING FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 

If Then shall be read a Scriphcre lesson : after which may be 
sung the follozving Psalm : or in its place an Anthem, or 
a hymn may be sung. 

PSALM LXVII. 

OD be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause 
his face to shine upon us, 

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy sav- 
ing health among all nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the 
people praise thee. 

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy ; 

For thou shalt judge the people righteously, and 
govern the nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and God, 
even our own God, shall bless us ; 



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God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth 
shall fear him. 



If Then shall be said these prayers following, or such other 
prayers as may be preferred, the Minister first saying: 

Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer, and let our 
cry come unto thee. 

People. We praise thee, we bless thee, we wor- 
ship thee, O Lord God, the Father Everlasting. 

If Then may be said the Collect for the day, and afterward the 
prayers and Litany which follow. {At Evening Prayer 
the two following prayers and the Litany should be omit- 
ted, and in their place the Collects at the end of the 
Service may be used.) 



GOD, the Father of Jesus Christ the Prince of 



Peace, give us grace to dwell in unity and 
concord. Take away whatsoever hinders our fellow- 
ship with one another, and our communion with 
thee. Make us of one heart and mind, that, being 
united by ties of brotherly love, we may live in charity 
with all men. Help us to be merciful as thou art 
merciful, compassionate, and forgiving, that we may 
bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law 
of Christ. Amen. 



PRAYERS. 



PRAYERS FOR UNITY. 




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TJ OLY and ever-blessed God, teach us to love 
one another with pure hearts fervently ; that 
we may show forbearance and forgiveness toward 
our enemies, and recompense to no man evil for evil. 
May we patiently continue in thy way, and never 
grow weary in well-doing ; and grant unto us the 
greatest of all blessings, thy love, shed abroad in 
our hearts. Amen. 



LITANY. 



A LMIGHTY GOD, all thy works praise thee, and 
the children of men offer thee the homage of 
adoring hearts. By thy wonders in heaven and earth 
and sea and sky ; by thy sovereign will which rules 
in majesty over all ; by thy sleepless watchfulness 
and care ; by the use and varied beauty of thy 
creation ; and by the fulness of thy bounty unto 
all, may thy Holy Spirit bring us near to thee. 

May thy Holy Spirit bring us near to thee, and 
keep us mindful of thy presence. 

By all the mysteries we have not fathomed; by 
the sovereignty of life, and the certainty of death ; 
by the alternations of seeming good and evil ; by 
the change and decay of all things temporal, and 
the immortality of things that cannot die ; by the 
agony of the cross, and the victory of faith, strengthen 
thou our grateful confidence. 

Strengthen thou- our grateful confidence, and deepen 
our trust in thee. 



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By all thy dealings with each one of us ; by all 
the chances and changes which enrich or despoil 
us ; by the hopes and fears, the successes and failures 
of this transitory life, teach us to lean on thee. 

Teach 71s to lean on thee, and trust thy tender care. 

By all the loving kindness, and tender mercies 
that have followed us from our birth until now ; and 
by every act of bounty which has filled our cup with 
joy, by these and all thy benefits, O Lord, help us to 
learn the daily lessons of thy providence. 

Help us to learn the daily lessons of thy providence, 
and to abide in thee for evermore. 

THOU who art the Rest of the weary, and the 
Strength of the strong, we would stay our souls 
on thee. Thou givest power to the faint, and to them 
that have no might thou increasest strength. Keep, 
we beseech thee, thy church and household con- 
tinually in thy true religion ; make us thine obedient 
children, and heirs of eternal life ; defend us by thy 
mighty power, that we fall into no sin, neither run 
into any kind of danger. In all time of our tribu- 
lation, in all time of our prosperity, in life and in 
death, O most merciful and loving Father, may we 
put our trust in thee. Amen. 

/^\UR Father in heaven, who dost manifest thyself 
to thy children by the discipline of trial and 
pain, we rejoice that we can turn to thee, in the 



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midst of great anxiety, and commit all our troubles 
to thy sure help. In the path by which thou guidest 
us, though it be through desert and stormy sea, suffer 
not our faith to fail, but sustain us by thy near pres- 
ence. And, O God, grant that the fiery trial which 
trieth us may not be in vain, but may lead us to a 
cheerful courage and a holy patience ; and let pa- 
tience have her perfect work, that we may be perfect 
and entire, wanting nothing. Amen. 



GOD of our salvation, from whom cometh 



all our help, fulfil the desires of our hearts, 
and grant that the prayers which we offer to 
thee may find acceptance in thy sight. Preserve 
peace and concord in all our families ; defend and 
cherish all young children ; support those who suffer 
under the infirmities of age ; protect those who 
travel by land or by sea ; comfort and help the 
weak-hearted ; and bring back all that have erred 
from thy way. Be a Father to the fatherless, a de- 
liverer to the oppressed, a physician to the sick. 
Extend thy mercy to all prisoners and captives, to 
all under neglect, contempt, and want ; and espe- 
cially to those who are persecuted for righteousness' 
sake. Endue us plenteously with thy heavenly 
grace ; and so make us meet to be partakers with 
the saints in light. Amen. 




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CONCLUDING PRAYER. 



LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 



this time with one accord to make our com- 
mon supplications unto thee, fulfil now, O Lord, the 
desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most 
expedient for them, granting us in this world knowl- 
edge of thy truth, and in the world to come life 
everlasting. Amen. 




BENEDICTION. 



'THE blessing of God most high be amongst you, 
and abide with you, and be your portion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 



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COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 

T[ At Evening Prayer the Collects preceding the Litany and 
the Litany should be omitted, and the following Collects 
used in their place : 

INTERNAL GOD, our glory and our hope, the 
Father of mercies and the God of all comfort: 
we thank thee for all thy goodness and loving 
kindness to us and to all men. We praise thy 
name for that portion of thy word and will of 
which thou hast made us partakers this day : 
grant that it may bring forth fruit unto righteousness, 
and to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. 

r\ LORD GOD, the day is thine, the night also 
is thine. The darkness and the light are both 
alike to thee. Protect us through the hours of 
sleep, that our rest may refresh us in body and 
mind. Soothe our troubled thoughts, and breathe 
thy peace into our restless hearts. May thy Invisi- 
ble Presence watch over us, and in the light of a new 
day may we rise to bless thee for thy sheltering care. 
Amen. 



H Sentences to be read by the Minister and People. 



Minister. The Lord be with you. 
People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Come, let us return unto the Lord ; 
and he will raise us up, and we shall live in his 
sight. 

People. Blessed be the Lord God, who turneth not 
our prayer away, nor his mercy from us. 

Minister. The Most High dwelleth not in temples 
made with hands. 

People. He is not far from any one of us. 



HE heavenly Father, in whose presence we now 



stand, is always more ready to hear than we to 
pray ; nor does anything hide him from us but the 
veil of our impure and earthly mind. And, since the 
preparations of even the willing heart are not without 
him, let us inwardly pray for the grace of a humble 
and contrite spirit, that for a little time we may rise 
above the haste and press of life, and commune with 
him in spirit and in truth. 



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IT After a brief interval of silence for inward prayer, the Min- 
ister shall say the following prayers, the People answer- 
ing, Amen. 

f~\ GOD, before whose face the generations rise 
and pass away : age after age the living seek 
thee, and find that of thy faithfulness there is no 
end. Our fathers in their pilgrimage walked by thy 
guidance and rested on thy compassion. Still to 
their children be thou the cloud by day, the fire by 
night. Where but in thee have we a covert from the 
storm or shadow from the heat of life ? In our 
manifold temptations, thou alone knowest and art 
ever nigh ; in sorrow, thy pity revives the fainting 
soul ; in our prosperity and ease, it is thy Spirit only 
that can save us from vanity and pride. O thou 
sole Source of peace and righteousness, take now 
the veil from every heart, and join us in one com- 
munion with thy prophets and saints who have 
trusted in thee and were not ashamed. Not of our 
worthiness, but of thy tender mercy, hear our prayer. 
Amen. 

T T OLY LORD GOD, look upon us according to 
our deep needs, not our poor deservings. 
When thou art nigh, we are weary of our selfish 
desires, our faithless cares, our unresisted tempta- 
tions. Wasted moments and bitter words and vain 
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thy feet with shame the vows we have not kept, and 
the sorrows we have not sanctified. Chasten us 
with thy rebuke, seek us with thy pity, recall us by 
thy grace, ere we are quite estranged from thee. 
Fill us with patient tenderness for others, seeing 
that we also are in the same case before thee; make 
us ready to help, and quick to forgive. Confirm 
every grace, compose every fear, by a steady trust 
in thine eternal wisdom, behind the changes of time 
and the delusions of men. Thou art our Rock : we 
rest on thee. Amen. 



IT The Lord's Prayer, to be said by the Minister and People. 

OUR FATHER who art in heaven, Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as 
we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Ameri. 

Minister. O Lord God, we enter into thy gates 
with thanksgiving ; 

People. And into thy courts with praise. 
Minister. Lift up your hearts. 
People. We will lift them up unto the Lord. 
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give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, al- 
mighty, everlasting God. Therefore with angels 
and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, 
we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore 
praising thee and saying, 

Minister and People. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God 
of hosts : heaven and earth are full of thy glory. 
Amen. 



IT Sentences to be read by the Minister and People. 

Minister. Glory be to God ! All glory to Him 
who creates the light, and commands it to shine on 
the face of the deep ! How much more glorious is 
that light which shines in upon our minds, from 
his holy spirit and his eternal word. 

People. Blessed be his name for this light .which 
no darkness ever overspreads, this sun which never 
goes down. 

Minister. God is the Lord who hath showed us 
such light. 

People. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth 
endureth from generation to generation. 

TT Then shall the Minister say this prayer, the People answer- 
ing, A me 71. 

LTONOR and praise be unto thee, O Lord God 
Almighty, our Father in heaven, for all thy 
loving kindness to us ; for forming us after thine 
image, for quickening us by thy spirit, for helping us 
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our tribulations and sorrows. O merciful Father, as 
we have received these benefits of thy great good- 
ness, so we beseech thee to grant us always thy holy 
spirit, that we may continually grow in thankfulness 
to thee, and be led into all truth. Suffer us not, 
most gracious Father, to receive in vain the rich 
and precious treasure of thy word ; may it purify us 
from all evil, and increase in us those virtues that 
belong to the heavenly life. Hold thou us, that we 
may be delivered from temptation, . and may walk 
according to thy holy will until our life on earth 
shall end. Amen. 

Minister. The first of the commandments is, 
Hear, O Israel : the Lord our God is one Lord ; and 
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and 
with all thy strength. This is the first command- 
ment. 

People. Write these words in our hearts, O 
Lord, we beseech thee. 

Minister. And the second is like, namely, this : 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

People. Write these words in our hearts, O 
Lord, we beseech thee. 

Minister. There is none other commandment 
greater than these. On these two commandments 
hang all the law and the prophets. 



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People. Glory to God in the highest, and on 
earth peace, good will toward men. 

A Confession to be said by the Minister and People. 

f~\ GOD, ever-blessed and holy : on us, as we look 



up to the light of thy countenance, the shad- 
ows of shameful remembrance fall. We have been 
slow to the calls of affection, heedless of the duties, 
hard under the sorrows, which are thy gracious dis- 
cipline ; yet are we oppressed with cares thou 
layest not on us, with ease thou dost not permit, 
and wants thou wilt never bless. O Lord, regard 
our complaint : it is only against our faithless hearts. 
Visit us with thy spirit, and lay on us the cross of 
suffering, if thereby we may be brought to obey thy 
holy will. Amen. 

1" Then shall the Minister say this prayer, the People answer- 



F7 TERNAL GOD, who dost commit to us the swift 
and solemn trust of life : lay to rest by the per- 
suasion of thy spirit the resistance of our passion, 
indolence, and fear. Consecrate with thy presence 
the way our feet must go, and the humblest work 
will shine and the roughest places be made plain. 
Lift us above unrighteous anger and mistrust into 
faith and hope and charity, by a simple and stead- 
fast reliance on thy sure will, that so we may be 




ing, Amen. 



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modest in our time of wealth, patient under disap- 
pointment, ready for danger, serene in death, and 
confident of everlasting life. Amen. 

Minister. To the Only Holy, the First and the 
Last, be thanksgiving and praise : 

People. From all kindreds and tongues on earth, 
and the voices of saints in heaven. Amen. 



Sentences to be read by the Minister and People. 

Minister. Offer unto God the sacrifices of thanks- 
giving, and call upon the name of the Lord. 

People. We will utter the memory of his great 
goodness, and sing of his righteousness. 

Minister. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of 
holiness ; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

People. Honor and majesty are before him ; 
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 

Minister. Like as a Father pitieth his children, 
so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

People. The Lord is good to all, and his tender 
mercies are over all his works. 

Minister. The Lord is the strength of our life, 
our hope, and our portion for ever. 

People. Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is 
good, for his mercy endureth for ever. 

T[ Then may be said these prayers following, the People answer- 
ing, Ameii. 

GOD, the Father of spirits, the Lord and Giver 
^~ > ^ of life, we bless and praise thee for all thou 
art to us, and all thou doest for us day by day. For 



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reason and conscience, for nurture and guidance, for 
all the gifts of nature and of grace ; for the voice 
of thy calling, repeated so often ; for thy forbearance 
and long-suffering ; for thy tender mercies which 
never fail ; for all the good we have received, and 
for our hope of good in time to come ; for parents, 
loving and beloved ; for wise teachers, and benefac- 
tors never to be forgotten ; for all who have helped 
us by their example, their counsel, or their prayers, 
— for these and all other mercies, known or un- 
known, remembered or forgotten, we bless thee and 
will bless, we give thanks unto thee and will give 
thanks, now and for ever. Amen. 

f~\ GOD who, in thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, didst 
bestow upon the world a new inspiration of 
pure love and compassion : grant that we, who are 
so often turned aside from brotherly kindness, may, 
by thy love shed abroad in our hearts, be filled with 
thine own goodness ; that we may be made one with 
each other, as children of the same Father in heaven, 
in the spirit of charity and peace. Amen. 

IT Or this: 

(~\ GOD, eternal and unchangeable, we bless thee 
that amid all the shadows that fail on our 
earthly way, the doubts that perplex and the fears 



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that hinder us, we have one steadfast light still shin- 
ing upon our path, even the light of thine eternal 
love. Thou watchest over us, and we are safe ; thou 
guidest us, and we shall not lose the way. We pray 
for a spirit of faith and trust, that we may always 
submit ourselves to thy disposal, and find in thee the 
true rest for our souls, the true strength of our life, 
the joy that abides for ever. Amen. 

T The Lord's Prayer, to be said by the Minister and People. 

p|UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as 
we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

TT The following Beatitudes may then be read by the Minister : 
the People responding. 

T3LESSED are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are the poor in spirit. 

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be 
comforted. 

Blessed are they that mourn. 



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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

Blessed are the meek. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain 
mercy. 

Blessed are the merciful. 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see 
God. 

Blessed are the pure in heart. 

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Blessed are the peacemakers. 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- 
eousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they, for theirs is the kingdom of 
heaven, 



TT Opening Sente7ices to be said by the Minister. 



CERVE the Lord with gladness ; come before his 
presence with a song. Know ye that the Lord 
he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we 
ourselves ; we are his people and the sheep of his 
pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise. 

"C7VERY good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of 
lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow 
of turning. 



adore the goodness which makes our lives so 
rich. Let us lift up our hearts unto the Lord, and 
bless his holy name ; and may our praises and our 
prayers help to make our whole life an offering pure 
and acceptable in his sight. 



^ Then shall the Minister say: 




and grateful love we 



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IT Then may be said these prayers following, the People answer- 
ing, Amen. 

f~\ LORD, we know not what we should pray for 
as we ought ; therefore let thy loving and mer- 
ciful spirit plead for us when we pray ; and may 
our hearts rise to thee in true and acceptable wor- 
ship. Amen. 

f~\ GOD, who by thy spirit dost purify the minds of 
men, leading them into the truth, kindling in 
them the grace of charity, and drawing them unto 
thyself in the bond of peace : we beseech thee to 
sanctify our hearts, that everything which beareth 
evil fruit may die in us, and that all that is good and 
holy may live, and yield the fruit of righteousness 
unto eternal life. So guide us through the doubtful 
ways of this world that no snares may entangle us, 
no temptations lead us astray; but that we may 
abide in thy truth, be comforted by thy love, and be 
brought in safety into thine everlasting kingdom. 
A men. 

T ORD, help us to love thee with a pure affection 
that shall save us from sin, and give us 
strength for every duty, and patience to bear every 
cross. We trustfully accept all that pleaseth thee, 
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row, taking it from the hand of thy love, and for 
the love we bear to thee. We humbly follow the 
guidance of thy Holy Spirit, through whatever way 
thou shalt appoint for us, in obedience and trust, 
with the joyful hope of coming ever nearer to thee. 
Amen. 



\ Then the Minister and People may say the following Litany 



GOD, our heavenly Father, from whom cometh 
every good and perfect gift : we lift up to 
thee the voice of our thanksgiving ; we praise thee 
for the life which thou hast given us, and the service 
to which thou hast appointed us, for the knowledge 
of thy will, and the inspirations of thy love : 
We praise tJiee, O our God. 

For the work we have strength to do, for the truth 
we are permitted to learn ; for whatever good there 
has been in our past lives, and for the hopes which 
lead us on toward better things : 

We praise tJiee, O our God. 

For the revealing of thy presence in nature, and 
the tokens of thy wisdom and power, in the least as 
in the greatest ; for every moment of nearer com- 
munion with thy Spirit in all that is fair and glori- 
ous in the universe : 

We praise tJiee, O our God. 

For thy holy word of righteousness and truth, 



of Praise : 




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spoken by the wise and good in every age, made 
manifest in noble and saintly lives : 

We praise thee, O our God. 

For home and friends, for all the comfort and glad- 
ness of our lives, for encouragements to duty, for 
succor in temptation, for sympathy in sorrow, for 
the peace that is gained through strife, and the rest 
that comes after toil : 

We praise thee, O our God. 

For the pain and loss which befall us when we 
disobey thy holy laws, and wander away from thee 
into the darkness of sin : 

For this also would we praise thee, O our God. 

When our spirits fail, when our way is darkened, 
when we are oppressed by care, or weighed down 
by sorrow, then, for the love which bids us come 
to thee and lay our burden at thy feet : 

We praise thee, O God, our Father and our Friend. 

Make us less unworthy of all thy mercies, and 
give us grace to know and do thy holy will. 

Help us thus to praise tliee, O our God, and to 
bless thy holy name for ever and ever. Amen* 



SUncient <&tbtt 

FOR 

Common ptaya. 



T At the beginning, the Minister shall read one or more of the 
following sentences : 

'THE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth 
keep silence before him. 

A 71 7 HEN the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and 
doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save 
his soul alive. 

'T'HE sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a 
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt 
not despise. 

T> END your heart and not your garments, and 
turn unto the Lord your God ; for he is gra- 
cious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness. 



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f ET the words of my mouth and the meditation 
of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O 
Lord, my strength and my redeemer. 

D EPENT ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at 
^ hand. 

T WILL arise, and go to my Father, and will say 
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, 
and before thee, and am no more worthy to be 
called thy son. 

T F we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us ; but if we 
confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us 
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

XHE hour cometh, and now is, when the true 
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit 
and in truth ; for the Father seeketh such to wor- 
ship him. God is a Spirit, and they that worship 
him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 

IT The Minister shall say the whole or part of the following 
exhortation : 

"T^vEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth 
us in sundry places to acknowledge and con- 
fess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we 
should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face 



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of Almighty God our heavenly Father, but confess 
them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient 
heart, to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of 
the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And 
although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowl- 
edge our sins before God, yet ought we chiefly so to 
do when we assemble and meet together, to render 
thanks for the great benefits that we have received 
at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to 
hear his most holy word, and to ask those things 
which are requisite and necessary, as well for the 
body as the soul. Wherefore, I pray and beseech 
you, as many as are here present, to accompany me, 
with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne 
of the heavenly grace, saying with me : — 



ET us humbly confess our sins to Almighty 



Tf A General Confession to be said by the Minister and People : 

LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have 



erred and strayed from thy ways like lost 
sheep. We have followed too much the devices and 
desires of our own hearts. We have offended 
against thy holy laws. We have left undone those 
things which we ought to have done ; and we have 
done those things which we ought not to have 



TT Or else he shall say : 




God. 




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done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults. 
Restore thou those who are penitent, according to 
thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Fa- 
ther, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, 
and sober life ; to the glory of thy holy name. 
Amen. 

T[ The People shall answer here, and at the end of every 
prayer, Amen. 
r Then shall the Minister say this prayer : 

LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our 
prayers, and spare all those who confess their 
sins unto thee ; that they whose consciences by sin 
are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be ab- 
solved, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 

1 Or this : 

A LMIGHTY GOD, the Father of mercies, we 
1 beseech thee to grant us true repentance, and 
thy Holy Spirit, that those things may please thee 
which we do at this present, and that the rest of 
our life hereafter may be pure and holy, so that at 
the last we may come to thine eternal joy. Amen. 

r Then the Minister shall say the Lord' s Prayer, the People 
repeating it with hi??i : 

/^\UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 



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on earth as it is in heaven, Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

IT Then likewise he shall say : 

(~\ LORD, open thou our lips. 

^ -> ^ People. And our mouth shall show forth thy 
praise. 

*~ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say : 

XT OW unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God ; 

People. Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 

People, The Lord's name be praised. 

\ Tfien shall be sung, or else said by the Minister and People 
alternately, the following Anthem, or some other Psalm or 
Canticle, except on the days for which other Anthems are 
appointed, which are Christmas Day, Good Friday, 
Easter, and Whitsunday : 

VENITEj EXULTEMUS DOMINO. 

f~\ COME, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us 
heartily rejoice in the strength of our sal- 
vation. 



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Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv- 
ing, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King- 
above all gods. 

In his hands are all the corners of the earth ; and 
the strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it ; and his hands pre- 
pared the dry land. 

O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel 
before the Lord our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God, and we are the peo- 
ple of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let 
the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth ; 
and with righteousness to judge the world, and the 
people with his truth. 



SING unto the Lord a new song ; for he hath 
done marvellous things. 
With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, 
hath he gotten himself the victory. 

The Lord declared his salvation ; his righteous- 
ness hath he openly showed in the sight of the 
heathen. 

He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward 



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the house of Israel, and all the ends of the world 
have seen the salvation of our God. 

Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye 
lands ; sing, rejoice, and give thanks. 

Praise the Lord upon the harp ; sing to the harp 
with a psalm of thanksgiving ; 

With trumpets also and shawms, O show your- 
selves joyful before the Lord the King. 

Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is ; 
the round world, and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills 
be joyful together before the Lord ; for he cometh 
to judge the earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and 
the people with equity. 

^[ Then shall be said by the Minister and People alternately 
the Psalms for the Day, or Selections froj?i the Psalms ; 
and at the close shall be said the following Doxology : 

M OW unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God ; 
Arts. Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

If Then may follow an Anthem or a Voluntary on the organ, 
after which the Minister shall read the First Lesson, 
taken out of the Old Testament. 

IT Before the Lesson the Minister shall say, Here beginneth 
such a Chapter, (or such a Verse of such a Chapter) of 
such a Book ; and after the Lesson he shall say, Here 
endeth the First Lesson. 



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Then shall be sung, or else said by the Minister and People 
alternately, the following Hymn : 

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 

\A/E praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to 
* * be the Lord. 
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father ever- 
lasting. 

To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens and 
all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do 
cry : 

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth. 
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. 

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. 

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. 

The holy Church throughout all the world doth 
acknowledge thee, 

The Father of an infinite Majesty ; 

Thine honorable, true, and holy Son ; 

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

Thou art the King of glory, O Lord, 

And Jesus Christ is thy well-beloved Son. 

When thou gavest him to deliver man, it pleased 
thee that in him should all fulness dwell. 

When he had overcome the sharpness of death, 
he did open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. 



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He sitteth at the right hand of God, in the glory 
of the Father. 

We believe, that he shall come to be our judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants whom 
thou hast redeemed in thy boundless love. 

Make them to be numbered with thy saints in 
glory everlasting. 

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. 

Govern them, and lift them up for ever. 

Day by day we magnify-thee ; 

And we worship thy name ever, world without end. 
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without 
sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our 
trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted : 
Let me never be confounded. 



7 Or one of the followitig Psalms : 
BENEDIC, ANIMA MEA. 

OLESS the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within 
me, bless his holy name. 
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits. 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth 
all thy diseases ; 



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Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; who 
crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mer- 
cies. 

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in 
strength; that do his commandments, hearkening 
unto the voice of his word. 

Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ministers 
of his, that do his pleasure. 

Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his 
dominion ; bless the Lord, O my soul. 



MAGNIFICAT. 

1\/TY soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit 
hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand- 
maiden. 

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall 
call me blessed. 

For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy 
is his name. 

And his mercy is on them that fear him, through- 
out all generations. 

He hath shown strength with his arm ; he hath 
scattered the proud in the imagination of their 
hearts. 



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He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and 
hath exalted the humble and meek. 

He hath filled the hungry with good things, and 
the rich he hath sent empty away. 

He, remembering his mercy, hath holpen his ser- 
vant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abra- 
ham and his seed for ever. 

If Then shall the Minister read the Second Lesson taken out 
of the New Testament. 

IT Before the Lesson the Minister shall say, Here beginneth 
such a Chapter, (or, such a Verse of such a Chapter) 
of such a "Book ; and after the Lesson he shall say, Here 
endeth the Second Lesson. 

Then shall be sung, or else repeated by the Minister and Peo- 
ple alternately, the following Hymn : 



BENED1CTUS. 

OLESSED be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath 
visited and redeemed his people ; 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in 
the house of his servant David ; 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world began ; 

That we should be saved from our enemies, and 
from the hand of all that hate us. 

Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby 
the dayspring from on high hath visited us ; 



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To give light to them that sit in darkness and in 
the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the 
way of peace. 

*[ Or one of the following Psalms : 
JUBILATE DEO. 

f~\ BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; serve the 
Lord with gladness, and come before his pres- 
ence with a song. 

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God ; it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

O, 2:0 vour way into his °;ates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto 
him, and speak good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endureth from generation to genera- 
tion. 

NUNC DIMITTIS 
(or the soxg of simeox). 

T ORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in 
peace, according to thy word ; 
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all 

people, 

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be 
the glory of thy people Israel. 



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If Then shall be said these prayers following, the Minister first 

saying: 

'THE Lord be with you. 

People. And with thy spirit. 

Minister. Let us pray. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. 

People. And grant us thy salvation. 

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within 
us. 

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

1 Then shall be said the Collect for the Day, and then the 
Service shall proceed as followeth : 

THE COLLECT FOR PEACE. 

GOD, who art the author of peace, and lover of 
concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our 
eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom : de- 
fend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our 
enemies ; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, 
may not fear the power of any adversaries, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 



THE COLLECT FOR GRACE. 



f~\ LORD, oar heavenly Father, almighty and 
everlasting God, who hast safely brought us 
to the beginning of this day : defend us in the same 



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with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we 
fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; 
but that all our doings may be ordered by thy gov- 
ernance, to do always that which is righteous in thy 
sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THE LITANY 

OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. 

GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son 
^""^ hast redeemed the world, and by thy Holy 
Spirit dost govern, direct, and sanctify the hearts 
of thy faithful servants, have mercy upon us. 

O God, our heavenly Father, have mercy upon us. 

Remember not our sins, nor our transgressions ; 
according to thy mercy remember thou us, for thy 
goodness' sake, O Lord. 

Have mercy upon us, good Lord. 

From all evil and mischief, from sin, and from the 
assaults of temptation, 

Good Lord, deliver ?ts. 

From all blindness of heart ; from pride, vain- 
glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and mal- 
ice, and all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all inordinate and sinful affections, and 



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from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the 
devil, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pesti- 
lence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and 
from death unprepared for, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; 
from all false doctrine, superstition, and unbelief; 
from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word 
and commandment, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our 
prosperity ; in the hour of death, and in the day of 
judgment, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God, and 
that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy 
Church universal in the right way, and to illuminate 
all ministers of the gospel with true knowledge and 
understanding of thy word ; and that, both by their 
preaching and living, they may set it forth, and 
show it accordingly ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to endue all those in 
authority over us with wisdom and understanding, 
giving them grace to execute justice and to main- 
tain truth ; 

We beseech tJiee to hear us, good Lord. 



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That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy 
people ; and to give to all nations unity, peace, and 
concord ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us a heart to love 
and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy com- 
mandments ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give to all thy people 
increase of grace to hear meekly thy word, and to 
receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the 
fruits of the Spirit ; 

We be seed i thee to Jiear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to bring into the way of 
truth all such as have erred and are deceived ; to 
strengthen such as do stand ; to comfort and help 
the weak-hearted ; to raise up those who fall ; and, 
finally, to beat down evil under our feet ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to succor, help, and com- 
fort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ; 
to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all 
sick persons and young children ; to show thy pity 
upon all prisoners and captives ; to defend, and pro- 
vide for, the fatherless children and widows, and all 
who are desolate and oppressed ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, 
persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts ; 



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and to forgive us our own offences against the law of 
love ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give and preserve to 
our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in 
due time we may enjoy them ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us true repent- 
ance ; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and 
ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy 
Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy 
holy word; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

O Lord, grant us thy peace. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us. 

As we do put our trust in thee. 

\ \ TIL humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully 



to look upon our infirmities; and grant that 
in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and 
confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in 
holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor and 
glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



r~\ GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the 
sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of 
such as are sorrowful ; mercifully assist our prayers 




T Or this : 



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which we make before thee in all our troubles and 
adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and gra- 
ciously hear us, that we, thy servants, being deliv- 
ered from all evil, may evermore give thanks unto 

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thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



\ The three prayers following are to be said at those times when 
the Litany is not said : 

A PRAYER FOR RULERS. 

LORD, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, 
King of kings, Lord of lords, who dost from thy 
throne behold ail the dwellers upon earth: most 
heartily we beseech thee with thy favor to behold 
and bless thy servant, the President of the Lmited 
States, and all others in authority ; and so replenish 
them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they 
may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way ; 
and this we humbly ask in the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom 
cometh every good and perfect gift, send 
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the congregations committed to their charge, the 
healthful spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may 
truly please thee, pour upon them the continual 
dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O heavenly Fa- 
ther, for thine infinite mercy's sake, in Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR ALL CONDITIONS OF MEN. 

r~\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, 
we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and con- 
ditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to 
make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health 
unto all nations. More especially we pray for the 
good estate of the Church universal ; that it may be 
so guided and governed by thy good Spirit that all 
who profess and call themselves Christians may be 
led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity 
of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness 
of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly good- 
ness all those who are any ways afflicted or dis- 
tressed in mind, body, or estate ; that it may please 
thee to comfort and relieve them according to their 
several necessities, giving them patience under their 
sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflic- 
tions. And this we humbly ask as disciples of Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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IT If any desire the Prayers of the Congregation, the Notes are 
to be read here by the Minister, and to be followed by the 
appropriate Prayers or Thanksgivijigs. 

A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. 
*fi To be said by the Minister and People together. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, Father of all mercies, we 
thine unworthy servants do give thee most 
humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and 
loving kindness to us and to all men. We bless 
thee for our creation, preservation, and all the bless- 
ings of this life ; but, above all, for thine inesti- 
mable love in the redemption of the world by our 
Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for 
the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us 
that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 
may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show 
forth thy praise not only with our lips, but in our 
lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by 
walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all 
our days, through Jesus. Christ our Lord, in whose 
name we ascribe unto thee all honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 



A CONCLUDING PRAYER. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at 
this time with one accord to make our com- 
mon supplications unto thee, and dost promise that, 



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when two or three are gathered together in thy 
name, thou wilt hearken unto their requests ; fulfil 
now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy ser- 
vants as may be most expedient for them, granting 
us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. Amen. 



HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the 



love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy 
Spirit be with us all evermore. Amen. 



BENEDICTION. 




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COLLECTS FOR EVENING PRAYER. 

IT At Evening Prayer the Te Deum, the Collects preceding the 
Litany, and the Litany should be o?nitted, and the follow- 
ing Collects used in their place, preceded by the Collect for 
the Day. 



THE COLLECT FOR PEACE. 

f~~\ GOD, from whom all holy desires, ail good 
^ _> ^ counsels, and all just works do proceed, give 
unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot 
give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy 
commandments, and also that by thee we being de- 
fended from the fear of our enemies may pass our 
time in rest and quietness, through Jesus Christ our 
Saviour. Amen. 



THE COLLECT FOR AID AGAINST ALL PERILS. 

T IGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O 
Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from 
all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of 
thy dear Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 



Collect^ 

FOR 

Christian gear* 



THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, give us grace that we may 
cast away the works of darkness, and put on 
the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, 
that we may be good soldiers of Jesus Christ ; and 
that finally, having fought a good fight and finished 
our course, we may rise to the life immortal, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

T)E thou, O Lord, our protection, who art our 
redemption ; direct our minds by thy gracious 
presence, and watch over our paths with guiding 
love ; that, among the snares which lie hidden in 
this path wherein we walk, we may so pass onward 
with hearts fixed on thee, that by the way of faith 
we may come to be where thou wouldest have us. 
Amen. 



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THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

A LMIGHTY LORD our God, direct our steps 
into the way of peace, and strengthen our 
hearts to obey thy commands ; may the Dayspring 
visit us from on high, and give light to those who 
sit in darkness and the shadow of death ; that they 
may adore thee for thy mercy, follow thee for thy 
truth, desire thee for thy loving-kindness, who art 
the blessed Lord God eternal. Amen. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

f~~\ LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and 
come among us, and with great might succor 
us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, 
we are sore let and hindered in running the race 
that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy 
may speedily help and deliver us, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

CHRISTMAS DAY. 
THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD. 

RANT unto us, we pray thee, O Lord our God, 
that we who rejoice to keep the feast of the 
nativity of Jesus Christ, thy dear Son, may by walk- 
ing worthily of him attain to fellowship with him, 
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, unto 
us who know that we are weak, and who trust 
in thee because we know that thou art strong, the 
gladsome help of thy loving-kindness, both here in 
time and hereafter in eternity. Amen. 

THE FIRST SUNDAY IN THE YEAR. 

f~\ LORD, who art our dwelling-place in all gen- 
erations, grant us so to pass through the com- 
ing year with faithful hearts, that we may in all 
things do that which is pleasing in thy sight, as thy 
devoted servants, according to thy holy will. Amen. 

THE EPIPHANY. 
THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. 

\ \ 7E beseech thee, Lord, mercifully to correct our 
wanderings, and by the guiding radiance of 
thy compassion to bring us to the salutary vision of 
thy truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord 3 Amen. 

THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive 
the prayers of thy people who call upon thee ; 
and grant that they may both perceive and know 
what things they ought to do, and also may have 
grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same. Amen. 



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THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost 



govern all things in heaven and earth, merci- 
fully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant 
us thy peace all the days of our life, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look 
upon our infirmities; and in all our dangers 
and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help 
and defend us, through thy love and power. Amen. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

(~\ GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of 



^" > ^ so many and great dangers, that by reason of 
the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand up- 
right ; grant to us such strength and protection as 
may support us in all dangers, and carry us through 
all temptations, through thy love in Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 





f~\ LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church 
and household continually in thy true religion ; 
that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy 



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heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy 
mighty power, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

(~\ GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that 



he might make us the sons of God and heirs 
of eternal life, grant, we beseech thee, that, having 
this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is 
pure ; that we may be made like unto him in his 
eternal and glorious kingdom. Amen. 

THE SUNDAY CALLED SEPTUAGESIMA J OR, THE THIRD 
SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 

f~\ GOD, who makest all things work together for 
good to them that love thee, pour into our 
hearts the unchanging tenderness of thy love, that 
those desires which spring from thee may not be 
disturbed by any temptation. Amen. 

THE SUNDAY CALLED SEXAGESIMA ; OR, THE SECOND 
SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose 



Spirit the whole body of the Church is gov- 
erned and sanctified ; receive our supplications and 
prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of 
men in thy holy Church, that every member of the 





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same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and 
faithfully serve thee, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

THE SUNDAY CALLED QUINQUAGESIMA J OR, 
THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. 

f~\ LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings 



^~~ J ^ without charity are nothing worth, send thy 
Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most ex- 
cellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and 
of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is 
counted dead before thee. Amen. 



LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest 



nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive 
the sins of all those who are penitent ; create and 
make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily 
lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretched- 
ness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, 
perfect remission and forgiveness, through thy love 
in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



A LMIGHTY and merciful God, who wiliest not 
the souls of sinners to perish, but their faults, 
pour out upon us the forgiveness which we entreat, 




ASH-WEDNESDAY '. 



THE FIRST DAY OF LENT. 




THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT, 



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that through thy mercy we. may pass from mourning 
into joy. Amen. 

THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no 
power of ourselves to help ourselves, keep us 
both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our 
souls, that we may be defended from all adversities 
which may happen to the body, and from all evil 
thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul. 
Amen. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 

\y\/E beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the 
hearty desires of thy humble servants, and 
stretch forth the right hand of thy majesty, to be 
our defence against all our enemies, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

r~\ GOD, the renewer and lover of innocency, turn 
the hearts of all thy servants to thyself, that 
they may be found ever rooted in faith and fruitful 
in works, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to 
look upon thy people, that by thy great good- 



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ness they may be governed and preserved evermore, 
both in body and soul, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER; 
OR, PALM SUNDAY. 

RANT, O God, that as on this day the disciples 
of Jesus Christ blessed his coming and wel- 
comed him with joy, we may be ready to receive him 
into our hearts ; and, having confessed and followed 
him on earth, may be numbered among those who 
shall bear palms of victory, and give glory and 
honor and thanks unto thee evermore. Amen. 

MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, grant us 
grace, we beseech thee, to bear willingly what- 
ever cross may be laid upon us, and to follow the 
most holy footsteps of thy dear Son, though they 
lead us along the way of sorrows. Amen. 

TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy 
tender love toward mankind hast sent thy 
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, into the world, to 
lead the world to thee ; mercifully grant that we 
may "both follow the example of his patience and 
also be made partakers of his resurrection. Amen. 



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WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 



LMIGHTY GOD, whose most dear Son went 



not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and en- 
tered not into glory before he was crucified ; merci- 
fully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, 
may find it none other than the way of life and peace. 
Amen. 



RANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that, being 
watchful, we may be kept through the hour of 
temptation ; and give to us such willingness of spirit, 
strength of heart, and patient quietness, that we 
may not shrink from sharing the bitter cup which 
our Master accepted from thy hand. Amen. 



LMIGHTY GOD, we beseech thee graciously 



to behold this thy family, for which our Lord 
Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed, to be given 
up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer 
death upon the cross ; in whose name we ascribe 
unto thee all honor and glory, now and ever. Amen. 

1 Or this : 

(~\ MERCIFUL God, who desirest not the death 
of a sinner, but rather that he should turn 




THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION. 




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to thee and live ; have mercy upon all who are wan- 
dering from thy truth, and take from them all igno- 
rance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word ; 
and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, 
that they may be made one fold under one shep- 
herd, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



EASTER EVEN. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast caused the light of 
eternal life to shine upon the world, we be- 
seech thee that, in celebrating this holy season, our 
hearts may be so kindled with heavenly desires, 
and thy love so shed abroad in us by thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may continually seek the things 
which are above ; and, abiding in purity of heart 
and mind, may at length attain unto thine everlast- 
ing kingdom, there to dwell in the glorious light of 
thy presence, world without end. Amen. 

EASTER-DAY. 

DAY OF THE RESURRECTION. 

f~\ MERCIFUL God, by whose power thy Son 
^~ > ^ Jesus Christ hath overcome death, and opened 
unto us the gate of everlasting life ; grant that we, 
thy servants, may pass the gate of death to our joyful 
resurrection ; which we ask as disciples of him who 
died and rose again, thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



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f Or this : 

MERCIFUL God, who multipliest upon us the 
gifts of thy heavenly grace ; grant that by the 
death of thy beloved Son we may be enabled to bear 
our crosses, and that by his resurrection we may 
have good hope of a happy end to our earthly pil- 
grimage. Amen. 

THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

A LMIGHTY FATHER, who hast sent thy dear 
Son to lead us unto thee, grant us so to put 
away the leaven of malice and wickedness that we 
may always serve thee in pureness of living and 
truth. Amen. 

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast sent thy Son Jesus 
A Christ, both to save us from sin and to be 
unto us an example of godly life : give us grace that 
we may always most thankfully receive that his in- 
estimable benefit, and also daily endeavor ourselves 
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life. 
Amen. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who showest to them that be 
in error the light of thy truth, to the intent 
that they may return into the way of righteousness; 
grant unto all those who are admitted into the fel- 



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lowship of Christ's religion, that they may avoid 
those things which are contrary to their profession, 
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the 
same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

r\ ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the 
^" > ^ unruly wills and affections of sinful men, grant 
unto thy people, that they may love the thing which 
thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost 
promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold 
changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be 
fixed, where true joys are to be found. Amen. 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

f~\ LORD, from whom all good things do come, 
grant to us, thy humble servants, that by thy 
holy inspiration we may think those things that are 
good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the 
same, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

THE ASCENSION DAY. 

/^RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that 
like as we do believe thy dearly beloved Son 
Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we 
may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and 
with him continually dwell in thy glorious presence, 
world without end. Amen. 



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THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY. 

GOD, the King of Glory, who hast exalted thy 



dear Son Jesus Christ with great triumph 
unto thy kingdom in heaven, we beseech thee leave 
us not comfortless ; but send to us thine Holy 
Spirit, the Comforter, and exalt us unto the same 
place whither Jesus our Forerunner is gone before, 
even into thine own blessed and glorious presence, 
there to dwell in fulness of joy forevermore. Amen. 

m 

WHITSUNDAY. 
DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

GOD, who as at this time didst teach the 



hearts of thy faithful people by sending to 
them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; grant us by 
the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all 
things, and evermore to rejoice in thy holy com- 
fort, through Christ Jesus our Saviour, in whose 
name we ascribe unto thee all honor and glory 
now and forever. Amen. 



\ \ J"E beseech thee, O Lord, let the power of the 
Holy Spirit be present with us, that it may 
both mercifully cleanse our hearts and protect us 
in all adversities. Amen. 





1" Or this: 



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f Or this : 

T ET thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, and the 
brightness of thy Spirit illumine our souls ; 
kindle our cold hearts and light up our dark minds, 
that we may live unto thy glory. Amen. 

THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given 
unto us thy servants grace, by the confession 
of a true faith, to acknowledge thy glory, and in the 
power of the divine majesty to worship thee; keep 
us steadfast in triis faith, and evermore defend as 
from all adversities, O Thou who livest and reignest, 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

(~\ GOD, the Strength of all those who put their 
trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; 
and because, through the weakness of our mortal 
nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant 
us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy com- 
mandments we may please thee both in will and 
deed, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

(~\ LORD, who never failest to help and govern 
those whom thou dost bring up in thy stead- 
fast fear and love ; keep us, we beseech thee, under 



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the protection of thy good providence, and make us 
to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy name. 
Amen. 

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

(~\ LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us, 
and grant that we, to whom thou hast given a 
hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be de- 
fended and comforted in all dangers and adversities, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

r~\ GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, 
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is 
holy ; increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, 
that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass 
through things temporal that we finally lose not the 
things eternal. Amen. 



THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

f\ GOD, who through the grace of thy Holy 
^- > ^ Spirit dost pour the gifts of charity into the 
hearts of thy faithful people; grant unto thy servants 
health both of mind and body, that they may love 
thee with their whole strength, and with their whole 
heart perform those things which are pleasing unto 
thee. Amen. 



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THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

GOD, who hast prepared for those who love 
thee such good things as pass man's under- 
standing; pour into our hearts such love toward thee, 
that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain 
thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

T ORD of all power and might, who art the 



author and giver of all good things ; graft in 
our hearts the love of thy name, increase in us true 
religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy 
great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

f~^\ GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth. 



all things both in heaven and earth ; we humbly 
beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, 
and to give us those things which are profitable for 
us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 





f~~\ GOD, from whom all good gifts do proceed, 
grant that we may pray unto thee in holiness 
of spirit ; that, being evermore guarded by thy 



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power and guided into the light of truth, we may 
continually render unto thee all glory and thanks- 
giving. Amen. 

THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

f~\ GOD, who art pleased to hearken unto the 



prayers of thy children ; grant us to grow daily 
in the love of thee, and to rejoice in thy protection, 
that we may serve thee with a quiet mind, and ever- 
more abide in thy peace. Amen. 

THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

GOD, who declarest thy almighty power in 



showing mercy and pity, grant unto us such 
a measure of thy grace that we, running the way of 
thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious prom- 
ises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treas- 
ure. Amen. 

THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always 



more ready to hear than we to pray, and art 
wont to give more than we either desire or deserve; 
pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, for- 
giving us those things whereof we by conscience are 
accused, and giving us those good things which we 
are not worthy to ask. Amen. 






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THE FOURTEENTH SUXDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

V LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only 



gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto 
thee true and laudable service ; grant, we beseech 
thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this 
life that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly 
promises, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us 



the increase of faith, hope, and charity ; and, 
that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, 
make us to love that which thou dost command, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

T7 EEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with 
thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty 
of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by 
thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all 
things profitable to our salvation, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

(~\ LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity 



cleanse and defend thy Church ; and, because 






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it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, pre- 
serve it evermore by thy help and goodness, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

T ORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always 
prevent and follow us, and make us continually 
to be given to all good works, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

T ORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace 
to withstand the temptations of the world and 
the flesh, and with pure hearts and minds to follow 
thee, the only God. Amen. 

THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

f~\ GOD, forasmuch as our strength is in thee, 
mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in 
all things direct and rule our hearts, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy 
bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, 
from all things that may hurt us; that we, being 



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ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully do those 
things that thou wouldest have done, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen, 

THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

RANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy 



faithful people pardon and peace, that they 
may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee 
with a quiet mind. Amen. 

THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

T ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church Uni- 



versal in continual godliness ; that through thy 
protection it may be free from all adversities and 
devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the 



THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

(~\ GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the 



^" > ^ author of all godliness ; hear, we beseech thee, 
the devout prayers of thy Church ; and grant that 
those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain 
effectually, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

f~\ LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people 
from their offences; that through thy bountiful 





glory of thy holy name. Amen. 




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goodness we may all be delivered from the bondage 
of those sins which by our frailty we have com- 
mitted. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for thy 
mercy's sake. Amen. 

THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER WHITSUNDAY. 

OTIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of 
thy faithful people, that they, plenteously bring- 
ing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be 
plenteously rewarded, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

ALL SAINTS' DAY. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who hast knit together thy 
faithful children in one communion and fellow- 
ship; grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints 
in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to 
those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for 
all who unfeignedly love thee. Amen. 

IT Or this : 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost en- 
kindle the flame of thy love in the hearts of 
thy glorious saints and martyrs; grant unto us the 
same faith and power of love, that, as we rejoice 
in their triumphs, we may profit by their examples, 
through Jesus Christ. Amen. 



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ALL SOULS' DAY. 



UR Father, we wait for thee, and in thy word 



is our trust. Make us know and feel that all 
thy children are precious in thy sight, and that they 
live evermore unto thee ; that with thy hand thou 
dost cover them, and that thou dost keep them in 
the secret of thy presence. Amen. 




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THANKSGIVINGS. 

GOD, Father of Spirits, Lord and Giver of life, 
^~ > ^ we bless and praise thee for all thou art to us, 
and all thou doest for us, day by day. For reason 
and conscience, for nurture and guidance, and for all 
the gifts of nature and of grace, for thy forbearance 
and long-suffering, and thy tender mercies that never 
fail ; for all good things received, and for thy prom- 
ise, and our hope, of good in the time to come, — 
for these and all other mercies, known or unknown, 
remembered or forgotten, we bless thee and will 
bless, we give thanks unto thee and will give 
thanks, now and for ever. Amen. 

(~\ THOU who hast compassed all the pathway 
of our lives, we thank thee that thy providence 
abides through every change. Thou dost cheer the 
loneliest lot with the comfort of thy presence ; and 
we can only bless thee for thine unfailing care. Into 



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thine own eternity thou hast called us, and set us in 
the midst of purposes we cannot measure ; but we 
would thank thee for the good we know, and pray 
that thou wilt teach us patience till thou send more 
light. Waken our hearts to gratitude, O Lord, for 
mercies which have flowed upon us, day by day, in 
health and sickness, in labor and repose, in joy and 
sorrow. Give us grace to praise thee in our whole 
lives, ever seeking to know and do thy will, and giv- 
ing thanks unto thee for all things. Amen. 



MERCIFUL GOD, our heavenly Father, we 



render most hearty praise and thanks unto 
thee that thou hast preserved us, both this night 
and all the times and days of our lives hitherto, 
under thy protection, and hast permitted us to live 
unto this present hour. And we beseech thee to 
receive us this day into thy care, so ruling and 
governing us during our whole lives from henceforth 
that all manner of darkness and evil may be utterly 
driven out of our hearts, and that we may walk in 
the light of thy truth, to the help of our neighbor, 
and to thy glory and praise. Amen. 




\\ rHILE we live, Almighty God, we will sing thy 
* praise ; while we have our being, we will 
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every day thy sustaining power, every day thy for- 
giving grace, should stir our hearts to thy praise. 
Grant unto us that no dulness of sense, no blind- 
ness of vision, no hardness of heart, no neglect of 
thy word, no forsaking of thy law or falling into 
evil ways, may dim our sense of thy goodness. But 
always, by night and by day, in sunshine and in 
storm, in life and in death, grant us to sing thy 
praise. Hear our thanksgiving, help us to worship 
thee in spirit and in truth, guard and guide us to the 
end of our days, and afterward receive us into thy 
glory. Amen. 

MOST merciful and gracious God, Fountain of 
all mercy and blessing, thou hast opened to us 
the hand of thy mercy to fill us with blessings, and 
the sweet effects of thy loving-kindness. Thou 
feedest us like a shepherd, thou governest us like 
a king, thou bearest us in thine arms like a father, 
thou dost cover us under the shadow of thy wings, 
and shelter us. Thou lovest us as a friend, and think- 
est on us perpetually like a careful mother, and art 
exceeding merciful to all that fear thee. As thou 
hast spread thine hand upon us for a covering, so 
also enlarge our hearts with thankfulness, and fill 
our mouths with praises, that our gratitude may be 
as great as are our needs of mercy ; and grant that 
what thou hast sown in mercy may spring up in 



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duty, and let thy grace so strengthen our purposes 
that we may sin no more. Amen. 

A LL possible thanks that we are able we render 



unto thee, O Lord, that thou hast willed this 
night past to be prosperous unto us ; and we beseech 
thee likewise to prosper all this same day unto us 
for thy glory, and for the health of our souls. O 
thou, who art the true Light, not knowing any 
going down, and who art the Sun eternal, giving life 
and gladness unto all things, vouchsafe to shine into 
our minds, that we may not anywhere stumble, nor 
fall into any sin, but may, through thy good guiding 
and conducting, come to the life everlasting. Amen. 



LMIGHTY GOD, the Fountain of life, we hum- 



bly thank thee, not alone for what is bright 
and fair in our lot, but for the difficulty, the trial, 
the darkness. We would thank thee for the doubts 
that perplex us, the infirmities that oppress us, the 
sorrows that make us faint and fear ; for we know 
that thou wilt answer the strong cry which these 
bring forth out of our souls after light from thee. 
Oh, grant that we may so endure as becometh thy 
children; that, doubting, we may not despair; cast 
down, we may not be destroyed ; sorrowing, we may 
not be without hope. Amen. 




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FOR PART AND LOT WITH THE SAINTS. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, Lord of all saints and of all 
souls, look upon our sinful souls, and so guide 
and govern us by thy spirit that we may come at 
last to take part with that great host who, looking 
back upon the way in which they have been led, 
praise and magnify thy holy name. Amen. 



FOR A QUIET HEART. 

RANT unto us, Almighty God, of thy good 
spirit that quiet heart and that patient lowli- 
ness to which thy comforting spirit comes, that we, 
being humble toward thee and loving toward one 
another, may have our hearts prepared for that peace 
of thine which passeth understanding; and we in 
calm joy walk all the days of our appointed time until 
our great change shall come. Amen. 

FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, our Light in darkness, our 
Strength in weakness, our Hope in sinfulness, 
and our Eternal Home, be unto us merciful, long- 
suffering, and patient ; that we, who are slow of 
growth, may hope to come at last to thy likeness; 
and, being upheld by thee, may by thy mercy go 
from strength to strength, until, through the waste 
and dreariness, through the joy and duty of this 
earthly life having safely passed, we in the fulness 



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of thy mercy may come into the land of the eternal 
peace. Amen. 

THE JOY OF SIN FORGIVEN. 

T ORD of all life, Source of all light, guiding and 
governing all things of thy loving kindness 
and power, hear our thanksgivings unto thee for all 
the joy that thou puttest into mortal life, but chiefly 
for the joy that comes of sin forgiven, weakness 
strengthened, victory promised, life eternal looked 
for. To every one of us grant that, being fully con- 
scious of having erred and strayed from thy ways, 
we may be equally conscious of our need to go back 
again to thee, the Good Shepherd. Let there be no 
doubt with any one of us that thou dost forgive, even 
to the uttermost, all those who draw nigh in peni- 
tence to thee, that so, those who are sinful, and sor- 
rowful because sinful, may be filled with thy joy this 
day. Give to the lowliest hope, bring to the saddest 
joy, that so thy gospel may be indeed to us glad tid- 
ings, renewing our strength, and helping us through 
the rest of our days to live lowly, ever trusting in 
thee. Amen. 

FOR THE DEPARTED. 

/^\UR Father in heaven, as we pray for thy chil- 
dren who are living with us here on earth, so 
would we also remember before thee those who have 



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been taken from our mortal sight, and have passed 
through the valley of the shadow of death into the 
world that lies beyond. We commend them to thy 
fatherly care, even to that divine providence which 
surrounded their earthly way. Thou wilt grant unto 
those who sought thee here the blessed vision of thy 
brighter presence, and unto those who obeyed thee 
in humility and love, the call to a higher service. 
Thou canst renew the strength that failed on 
earth ; thou canst restore the purity that was soiled, 
and give light to the mind that was blinded, and 
change the heart that was turned from thee. Oh, 
continue thou thy mercies and loving-kindness to 
those whom here thou couldst never forsake. And 
may we, in all our present work and striving, in our 
gladness or sorrow, and in all the deepest expe- 
riences of our life here below, be kept in a true fel- 
lowship of spirit with the departed, and be sustained 
by the joyful expectation of meeting them again, and 
of being joined with them in still closer and dearer 
bonds of love and holy service. Amen. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 

r~\ GOD who, in the life and teachings of thy holy 
Son Jesus Christ, hast showed us the true 
way of blessedness ; thou hast showed us also, in his 
sufferings and death, that the path of duty may lead 
to the cross, and the reward of faithfulness be a 



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crown of thorns. Oh, give us grace to learn these 
harder lessons of pain and darkness and affliction. 
May we take up our cross and follow Christ in the 
strength of patience and the constancy of faith ; and 
may we have such true fellowship with him in his 
sorrows that we may know the secret of his strength 
and peace, and see, even in our darkest hour of trial 
and anguish, the shining of thine eternal light. 
Amen. 



THOU who chastenest whom thou lovest, 



grant us grace, we pray thee, to discern thy 
love in whatever suffering thou sendest us. Sup- 
port us in patient thankfulness under pain, anxiety, 
or loss, and move us with pity and tenderness for 
others in affliction. Amen. 



LORD of life, who dwellest in eternity, and 



^~ > ^ who hast planted in our hearts the faith and 
hope which look beyond our mortal life to another, 
even a heavenly country : we give thee thanks this 
day for the bright shining of the light of immortality 
in Jesus Christ. As he has showed us the blessed- 
ness of heaven on earth, and has called us into a 
kingdom not of this world, so may our life be made 
ever richer in the things that do not pass away. 



ALL SAINTS' DAY. 




EASTER. 




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May we be raised up in the power of his spirit from 
the death of sin to the life of righteousness ; and, 
striving now to follow in that path of duty and love 
in which he ever walked on earth, may we be pre- 
pared to follow him in hope and trust through all the 
darkness of the grave into the world of light, whither 
he has led the way. And, when our spirits shrink 
before the mystery of life and death, may we be com- 
forted by the thought of that immortal love which 
knows no change, and feel that, whether we live or 
die, we are safe in thine everlasting arms. Amen. 



FOR GRACE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE. 

f~\ GOD, whose kingdom cometh in spirit and in 
power, and who sendest thy word like the dew 
that falleth silently upon the earth ; grant that all 
who contend for the faith which thou hast given 
them may never injure it by clamor and impatience, 
but, speaking thy precious truth in love, may so 
present it that men may see in it thy goodness and 
thy beauty, who art the only true God. Amen. 



FOR THOSE IN DOUBT. 

A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, who hast given 
us thy truth for a light to our feet amid the 
darkness of this world, have pity upon all who, by 
doubt or denial have gone astray from the path of 



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safety, bring home the truth to their hearts, and grant 
them to receive it as little children. Amen. 

FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AFFLICTION. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, the Comfort of 
the sad, the Strength of all who suffer, let the 
prayers of those who cry out of any tribulation come 
unto thee; and may they rejoice to find that thy 
mercy is present with them in their afflictions. Let 
all who are beset by fears, troubled by poverty, worn 
by illness, all who are wronged and oppressed, the 
lonely, the suffering, the weary and heavy-laden, be 
sustained by thy might, consoled by thy tenderness, 
and cherished by thy fatherly compassion. Amen. 

AGAINST SPIRITUAL APATHY. 

(~\ GOD, the Sovereign Good of the soul, who 



requirest the hearts of all thy children, deliver 
us from all sloth in thy work, all coldness in thy 
cause, and grant us by looking unto thee to re- 
kindle our love, and by waiting upon thee to renew 
our strength. Amen. 



f~~* RANT, O Lord, that we may carefully watch 
over our tempers and every unholy feeling. 
Remove whatever in us may be a stumbling-block in 




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another's way, that, by conforming to thy will in 
small things, we may hope by thy protection and 
help to pass safely through the greater dangers and 
trials to which we may be exposed. Amen. 

FOR PEACE. 

f~^\ GOD, who art Peace everlasting, whose chosen 
reward is the gift of peace, and who hast 
taught us that the peacemakers are thy children, 
pour thy peace into our souls, that everything dis- 
cordant may utterly vanish, and all that makes for 
peace be dear to us forever. Amen. 

T ORD God Almighty, who art our true Peace and 
Love eternal, enlighten our souls with the 
brightness of thy peace, and pour into our hearts 
such love toward thee that we, loving thee and each 
other fervently, may abide in thy peace' and love for- 
ever. Amen. 

FOR FAITHFULNESS. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, Maker of heaven and earth, 
Giver of light and life, so teach us those things 
which belong to the heavenly kingdom and those 
duties which are of the earth, that we, stirred by 
the light and life of thy peace, may be enabled faith- 



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fully to do the things committed to us, looking ever 
unto thee for light and life ; that, being lifted above 
ourselves, thy peace, which passeth all understand- 
ing, may keep our hearts and minds, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FOR WISDOM AND STRENGTH. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, of thy great fulness we be- 
seech thee to give to our need and want, that 
we who lack wisdom may receive of thee who givest 
liberally and without upbraiding, and we who lack 
faith may receive strength and power to do those 
things that we should do, and be restrained from 
doing those things that we should not do. So, rev- 
erently loving thee and keeping thy commandments, 
grant that we may pass through the duties and trials 
of this life safe into the eternal rest. Ame7i. 



FOR SPIRITUAL FRUITFULNESS. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, we beseech thee that, as the 
sun doth shine upon this fair world, so thy 
light may shine upon our spirits, upon our con- 
science, upon our love ; that we may yield unto thee 
the fruits thou dost delight in, even the fruits of a 
quiet, peaceable, honorable life ; and that we may 
have good hope of thine eternal presence. Amen. 



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FOR SHELTER FROM THE STORM. 



LMIGHTY GOD, the Refuge of all that are 



distressed, grant unto us that in all trouble of 
this our mortal life we may flee to thy loving-kind- 
ness and tender mercy, that so, sheltering ourselves 
therein, the storms of life may pass over us, and not 
shake thy peace that is within us. Whatsoever this 
life may bring us, grant that it may never take from 
us the full faith that thou art our Father. Grant us 
thy light, that we may have life through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen. 



RANT unto us, Almighty God, that we, feeling 



toward thee as children, may trust where we 
cannot see, and hope where all seems doubtful, ever 
looking unto thee as our Father that doeth all things 
well, our Father that ordereth all. Thus, knowing 
that all things are in thy hands, may we abide thy 
time, patiently doing the work thou hast given us to 
do. Mercifully give us peace in the hour of death, 
and afterward an abundant entrance into the life 
eternal. Amen. 

A PRAYER FOR MEEKNESS AND PEACEABLENESS. 




FOR TRUST. 




r\ ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order 
the unruly wills and affections of sinful men, 
help us to put away all bitterness and wrath and 



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anger and clamor and evil-speaking, with all malice. 
May we possess our souls in patience, however we 
are tempted and provoked, and not be overcome with 
evil, but overcome evil with good. Enable us, O 
God of patience, to bear one another's burdens, and 
to forbear one another in love. Oh, teach and help 
us all to live in peace and to love in truth, following 
peace with all men and walking in love, as Christ 
loved us, of whom let us learn such meekness and 
lowliness of heart that in him we may find rest for 
our souls. Subdue all bitter resentments in our 
minds, and let the law of kindness be in our tongues, 
and a meek and quiet spirit in all our lives. Make 
us so gentle and peaceable that we may be fol- 
lowers of thee as dear children, that thou, the God 
of peace, mayest dwell with us forevermore. Amen. 



A PRAYER FOR GRACE TO SERVE THE LORD WITH 



LORD, renew our spirits and draw our hearts 



unto thyself that our work may not be to us a 
burden, but a delight ; and give us such a mighty 
love as may sweeten all our obedience. Oh, let us 
not serve thee with the spirit of bondage as slaves, 
but with the cheerfulness and gladness of children, 
delighting ourselves in thee and rejoicing in thy 
work. Amen. 



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PRAYERS FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 

GOD of hope, fill us, we beseech thee, with all 
^""^ joy and peace in believing, that abounding in 
hope, we may steadily press on to those good things 
which thou hast promised unto them that endure 
unto the end. Amen. 

RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord God, unto all 
thy servants that they may continually enjoy 
soundness both of body and mind, may be delivered 
from present sadness, and enter into thine eternal 
joy. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, grant that our 
wills be ever meekly subject to thy will, and 
our hearts be ever honestly ready to serve thee. 
Amen. 

RANT unto us, we beseech thee, Almighty God, 
that we who seek the shelter of thy protection, 
being defended from all evil, may serve thee in 
peace and quietness of mind. Amen. 

\\J"E beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldest 
keep our tongues from evil, and our lips from 
speaking guile; that, as thy holy angels ever sing 



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thy praises in heaven, so with our tongues may we 
at all times glorify thee on earth. Amen. 

f~\ GOD, with whom is the well of life, and who 
^" > ^ hast promised to be to thy people an everlast- 
ing light : impart to our thirsting souls the water of 
life ; increase in us, we beseech thee, the brightness 
of divine knowledge, and restore to our darkened 
minds the light from heaven. Amen. 

f~\ GOD of love, who hast given us a new com- 
mandment through thy dear Son, that we 
should love one another, even as thou dost love us, 
the unworthy and the wandering: we pray thee, 
Lord, give to us thy servants a mind forgetful of 
past ill-will, a pure conscience, and sincere thoughts, 
and a heart to love our brethren. Amen. 

A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our sup- 



plications and prayers, and dispose the way of 
thy servants toward the attainment of everlasting 
salvation, that among all the changes and chances of 
this mortal life they may ever be defended by thy 
most gracious and ready help. Amen. 




A LMIGHTY GOD, we beseech thee mercifully 
to hear us who have now made our prayers 
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things which we have faithfully asked according to 
thy will may effectually be obtained, to the relief of 
our necessity, and the setting forth of thy glory. 
Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, the fountain of all wisdom, 
who knowest our necessities before we ask and 
our ignorance in asking, we beseech thee to have 
compassion upon our infirmities ; and those things 
which for our unworthiness we dare not and for our 
blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us 
through thine infinite mercy in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. Amen. 

T ORD, we beseech thee, give ear to our prayers, 
and lighten the darkness of our hearts by thy 
gracious visitation, through thine infinite love and 
compassion. Amen. 

RANT us, O Lord, we beseech thee, always to 
seek thy kingdom and righteousness, and of 
whatsoever thou seest us to stand in need, merci- 
fully grant us an abundant portion. Amen. 

r~\ GOD, the Life of the faithful, the Saviour and 
^" > ^ Guardian of those that love thee, increase in 
us grace, mercy, and peace, that, having by thy favor 
been carried through a happy life, we may at last at- 
tain to the height of heavenly joy. Amen. 



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A LMIGHTY GOD, mortify and kill all vices in 
us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by 
the innocency of our lives and the constancy of our 
faith, even unto death, we may glorify thy holy name. 
Amen. 

LORD, we beseech thee that thy Holy Spirit 
may dwell in us in much power, mercifully 
cleansing our hearts, and shielding us from all things 
hurtful. Amen. 

(~\ LORD, our God, who art as the shadow of a 
great rock in a weary land, who beholdest 
us, thy children, weary of labor, weary of pleasure, 
weary of hope deferred, weary of self, in thine abun- 
dant compassion and unutterable tenderness, bring 
us, we pray thee, unto thy rest. Amen. 

OLESS this thy family, O Lord, and fill them 
with thy spiritual gifts. Grant them love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
that, being filled with thy Holy Spirit, they may be 
thine forevermore. Amen. 

f~~\ GOD of righteousness, God of mercy, God of 
immortality and life, God of brightness and 
glory, we pray and beseech thee that, being re- 



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freshed by thy divine gifts, we may be preserved by 
thee for thyself unto the bliss which is to come. 
Amen. 

HPEACH us, O Lord, to submit ourselves both 
now and ever to thy will and providence, and 
to cast all our care upon thee, who never leavest 
nor forsakest those who love thee. Amen. 

(~~* RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that, 
pressing onwards in thy way with devout 
minds, we may escape the snares of the sins that 
beset us. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, who alone givest us the 
breath of life, and alone canst keep alive in 
us the holy desires thou dost impart ; we humbly be- 
seech thee to sanctify all our thoughts and endeavors, 
that we may neither begin an action without a pure 
intention, nor continue it without thy blessing. And 
grant that, having the eyes of the mind opened to 
behold things invisible and unseen, we may in heart 
be inspired by thy wisdom, and in work be upheld 
by thy strength, and in the end be accepted by thee 
as thy faithful servants. Amen. 

r~\ LORD God, King of heaven and earth, may it 
please thee this day to order and hallow, to 
rule and govern, our hearts and our bodies, our 



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thoughts, our words, and our works, according to 
thy law, that we, being helped by thee, may here 
and forever be delivered from all sin and evil. 
Amen. 

f~\ GOD, who chastisest us in thy love, and re- 
freshest us amid thy chastening, grant that 
we may ever be able to give thee thanks for both. 

Amen. 

f~\ LORD our God, grant unto us, above all things 
that can be desired, to rest in thee, and in 
thee to have our hearts at peace. Thou art the true 
peace of the heart, thou its only rest : out of thee all 
things are hard and restless. In this very peace, in 
thee, the one Eternal Good, may our souls rest for- 
evermore. Amen. 

f~\ LORD our God, under the shadow of thy 
wings let us hope. Thou wilt support us, 
both when little, and even to gray hairs. When our 
strength is of thee, it is strength; but, when our own, 
it is feebleness. We return unto thee, O Lord, that 
from their weariness our souls may rise towards 
thee, leaning on the things which thou hast created, 
and passing on to thyself, who hast wonderfully 
made them ; for with thee is refreshment and true 
strength. Amen. 



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pROTECT, O Lord, thy suppliants, support their 
weakness, and wash away their earthly stains ; 
and, while they walk amid the darkness of this 
mortal life, do thou ever quicken them by thy light. 
Deliver them in thy mercy from all evils, and grant 
them to attain the height of good. Amen. 

C\ LORD our heavenly Father, bring all men, 



we entreat thee, under obedience to thee, and 
lead us whithersoever thou wilt; that, loving thee 
above all, we may keep thy commandments, and, 
loving one another, we may be known as disciples 
of him who came to manifest thy love. Help us to 
fulfil the law of love, and make us thine, to all eter- 
nity. Amen. 

GOD, who bestowest thy mercy at all times on 
^" > ^ them that love thee, and in no place art dis- 
tant from them that serve thee : direct the way of 
thy savants in thy will, that, having thee for their 
Protector and Guide, they may walk without stum- 
bling in the paths of righteousness. Amen. 

r\ LIFE-GIVING Lord and Bestower of all good 
things, who hast given unto men the blessed 
hope of everlasting life in our Lord Jesus Christ : 
grant us to render our service unto thee in holiness, 




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that we may enjoy the blessedness to come; and, 
being evermore guarded by thy power, and guided 
into the light of truth, may continually give unto 
thee all glory and thanksgiving. Amen. 

RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that 
the words which we have heard this day with 
our outward ears may, through thy grace, be so 
grafted inwardly in our hearts that they may bring 
forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honor and 
praise of thy name. Amen. 

gLESSED Lord, who hast caused all Holy Script- 
ure to be written for our learning, grant that 
we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, 
and inwardly digest them, that, by patience and com- 
fort of thy holy word, we may embrace and ever hold 
fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou 
hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

m 

^"^RANT unto us, Almighty God, knowledge of 
thy will and obedience thereunto, that we, 
being guided in our lives and governed in our 
thoughts by thee, may be in harmony with all thy 
word and work. Thus may thy peace that passeth 
all understanding keep our hearts and minds, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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155 



A LMIGHTY GOD, who forgivest all things to 
those who cry unto thee, grant unto us that, 
whatsoever of life there may be remaining for us, we 
may give diligent heed at this very hour to thy call; 
that, so coming unto thee, we may find work in thy 
vineyard, and do it faithfully unto the end; beseech- 
ing thee to forgive the wasted hours of the past, and 
of thy graciousness to see that there be no more. 
For all time to come grant us to serve thee diligently 
and faithfully, that at last we may hear thy voice 
saying unto us, "Well done, good and faithful ser- 
vants: enter ye into the joy of your Lord." So be 
it unto us all, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our 
prayers, and, having set us free from the bonds 

of sin, defend us from all evil, in thine infinite mercy. 

Amen. 



(~~\ GOD, the Lord that hath mercy, teach our 
^" > ^ hearts to sing for joy when our lips sing- 
praises unto thee for all thy mercies. Banish, we 
pray thee, from our souls gloom, discontent, and 
fear; and make thy love of us and our love of thee 
to be in us joy, confidence, and full satisfaction ; and 
unto thee do we render all glory and honor, world 
without end. Amen. 



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/^V LORD, we entreat thee, give us grace to work 
^~ > ^ while it is day, fulfilling diligently and patiently 
whatever duty thou appointest us, doing small things 
in the clay of small things, and great labors if thou 
dost summon us to any ; rising and working, sitting 
still and suffering, according to thy word, as disci- 
ples of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

^THOU knowest, O Lord, what most we require. 

Help us, O God, and out of the treasure of thy 
goodness succor thou our needy souls. Behold, we 
are thy servants : give us understanding and kindle 
our affections, that we may know and do thy will. 
Amen. 

(~\ LORD, who art full of compassion and gra- 
cious, grant us who love thee such patience 
and forbearance with all sufferers, gracious or ungra- 
cious, grateful or ungrateful, that in our stumbling 
walk and scant measure they may yet discern a ves- 
tige of thee, and give thee the glory. Amen. 

RANT, O Lord, that we, who by the darkness 
of our sins are turned aside from brotherly 
love, may, by thy light shed forth in our souls, be 
filled with thine own sweetness, and embrace our 
friends in thee in bonds of mutual affection. Amen. 



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157 



/^i FATHER, take thou full possession of our 
souls for ever; may thy heavenly wisdom reign 
in our hearts, thy counsel guide us, thy strength 
fortify us, thy divine fear and love keep us from all 
evil ; that, having fought the good fight of faith, 
we may at length come off more than conquerors, 
through him that loved us. Amen. 

DE thou, Lord, ever with us, within and without, 
to strengthen and guard, to guide and stablish 
us : then shall we be thy loving children, and thou 
our divine Father; and our lives shall be service and 
joy both now and for evermore. Amen. 

f~\ THOU Giver of all good, who dost pour the 
gift of love into the hearts of thy faithful 
people, grant unto us that we may love thee with 
all our strength, and with perfect affection fulfil thy 
pleasure. Amen. 

TV /TAKE us, O Lord, to flourish like pure lilies in 
the courts of thine house, and to show forth 
the fragrance of good works and the example of a 
godly life. Amen. 



f~\ LORD, grant that the grace of charity and 
brotherly love may dwell in us, and all envy, 
harshness, and ill will may die in us ; and fill our 



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hearts with such kindness that by constantly rejoic- 
ing in the happiness and good success of others, and 
putting away all envious thoughts, we may follow thee 
who art thyself the true and perfect love. Amen. 



f~\ LORD, begin, we beseech thee, prosper, and 
finish every good work whereunto thou hast 
appointed us. Grant us so to realize thy protecting 
presence that we may cease to tremble at man's 
anger or shrink from man's ridicule, but may with 
a good courage perform the work thou givest us to 
do, and after we have suffered may enter into rest. 
Amen, 



A PRAYER FOR UNITY. 

f~\ GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
Prince of Peace ; take away from us all hatred 
and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us 
from union and concord, that as there is but one 
body, and one spirit, and one hope of our calling, 
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and 
Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of 
one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond 
of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may 
with one mind and one mouth glorify thee, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



0nte* Communion ; 

OR, 

jfiDffice of t^e ComtnanHment^ 



TT To be said on the Sunday immediately preceding that on 
which the Lord's Supper is to be administered. 



COLLECT FOR PURITY. 



LMIGHTY GOD, unto whom all hearts are 



open, all desires known, and from whom no 
secrets are hid ; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts 
by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may 
perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



If To be read by the Minister, with responses by the People, as follows : 



OD spake these words, and said : I am the 



Lord thy God; thou shalt have none other 
gods but me. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, 
nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, 
or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the 




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earth : thou shalt not bow down to them, nor wor- 
ship them. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- 
less that taketh his name in vain. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to 
keep this law. 

Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. 
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all that thou hast 
to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the 
Lord thy God. 

Lord, have mercy upon ?is, and incline our hearts to 
keep this law. 

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days 
may be long in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our Jieai'ts tc 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt do no murder. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incli7ie our hearts to 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our heaiis to 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to 
keep this law. 



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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline otir hearts to 
keep this law. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man- 
servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his 
ass, nor anything that is his. 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy 
laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 

IT Then shall the Minister say : 

TTEAR also what Jesus Christ hath said: The 
first of all the commandments is, Hear, O 
Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord ; and thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all 
thy strength. This is the first commandment. And 
the second is like, namely this : 

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There 
is none other commandment greater than these, 

Let us pray. 

A LMIGHTY LORD and everlasting God, vouch- 
safe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and 
govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of 
thy laws and in the works of thy commandments ; 



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that, through thy most mighty protection, both now 
and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul. 
Amen. 

Tf The Minister shall then announce the Communion in the 
following words : 

/^vN Sunday next will be administered the holy 
ordinance of the Lord's Supper to all who 
desire to join in this remembrance of Christ. 

Tf Other notices may also be given at this time, and then the 
Hymn and Sermon shall follow as usual. 



IT The foregoing Office may be used after the Morning or 
Evening Prayer, or introduced in the course of either, at 
such place as shall seem most proper a7id convenient. 



a porter 

ante*Communfon ^erfatce* 



11 To be said on the Sunday immediately preceding that on 
which the Lord 's Supper is administered. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, unto whom all hearts are 
open, all desires known, and from whom no 
secrets are hid ; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts 
by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may 
perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy 
name. Amen. 

Minister. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind, and with all thy strength. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline 
our hearts to keep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline 
our hearts to keep this law. 



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Minister. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your 
Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all 
this thy law in our hearts, we beseech thee. 

\ The Minister shall then announce the Communion hi the 
following words : 

/^\N Sunday next the Communion will be admin- 
istered, and all who desire are earnestly in- 
vited to join in this service of remembrance. 

TT Other notices may also be given at this time, and then the 
Hymn and Seri7ion shall follow as usual. 

IT The foregoing Office may be used after the Morning or Even- 
ing Prayer, or introduced in the course of either, at such 
place as shall seem most proper and convenient. 



€t>e atuttinistration of tJje HorD^ Supper; 

OR, 

Communton ^crtrice* 



IT The Minister, standing at the Communion Table, shall begin 
the service by reading one or more of the followi/ig Intro- 
ductory Sentences : 

AX WHOSOEVER will be chief among you, let him 
be your servant ; even as the Son of Man 
came not to be ministered unto but to minister, and 
to give his life a ransom for many. 

"DELOVED, let us love one another, for love is 
of God ; and every one that loveth is born of 
God and knoweth God. He that loveth not know- 
eth not God ; for God is love. 

TF ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in 
my love ; even as I have kept my Father's com- 
mandments, and abide in his love. This is my com- 
mandment : That ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. 



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O EEING ye have purified your souls in obeying the 
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love 
of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a 
pure heart fervently. 

REATER love hath no man than this, that a 
man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are 
my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 

TF any man will come after me, let him deny him- 
self and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same 
shall save it. 

T AM the bread of life : he that cometh to me 
shall never hunger ; and he that believeth on 
me shall never thirst. 

A BIDE in me, and I in you. As the branch can- 



not bear fruit of itself except it abide in the 
vine, no more can ye except ye abide in me. I am 
the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in 
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much 
fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. 

TJEHOLD, I stand at the door, and knock : if any 
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will 
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with 




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If Here may follow other portions of Scripture and an address. 
A hymn may then be sung, or, omitting the hymn, the 
Service shall proceed as follows : 

\ \ TK are assembled here to meditate together on 
the life and death of Jesus Christ, that we 
may consecrate ourselves more earnestly to the ser- 
vice of God and of one another. In his acts of love 
and sympathy for the suffering, his compassion and 
help for the weak and sinful, he has left us an 
example that we should follow his steps. In com- 
munion with him, and with all who have been faith- 
ful servants of God, counting not their lives dear 
unto themselves, we now offer our prayers together 
to our Father in heaven. 

If Here may be read the following : 
LITANY. 

RANT us, O God, according to the riches of 
thy glory, to be strengthened with might by 
thy spirit ; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by 
faith ; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, 
may be able to comprehend with all saints what 
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, 
and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowl- 
edge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of 
God. 

Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abun- 
dantly, above all that we ask or think, be glory in the 
Church throughout all ages. 



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We thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that in Christ Jesus we who were afar off are made 
nigh, and are no longer strangers, but fellow-citizens 
with the saints and of the household of God. 

Thanks be to God, that, being one body in CJirist, 
zv e are members one of another. 

We thank thee that we are builded together for a 
habitation of God, Jesus Christ himself being the 
chief corner-stone, in whom all the building fitly 
framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the 
Lord. 

O God, qitieken us together with Christ, and raise 
us tip, that together we may sit in heavenly places. 

Help us to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith 
we are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with 
long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, en- 
deavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond 
of peace. 

Let this mind be in us, which was also in Christ 
Jesus. 

May nothing separate us from the love of Christ : 
neither tribulation, nor distress, nor persecution, nor 
famine, nor nakedness, nor peril, nor sword. In all 
these things may we be more than conquerors 
through him that loved us. 

Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Help us to draw near with a true heart, in full 
assurance of faith, that we may enter into the holiest 



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by this new and living way, looking unto him who is 
the author and finisher of our faith. 

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of 
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in time of need. 



f~\ GOD, our heavenly Father, grant that this ser- 
vice may be profitable to all who partake of 
it, for the sanctification of body and soul, for fruit- 
fulness in good works, and for the establishing of 
thy holy Church. 

We remember in this our Communion, and be- 
seech thee to bless, the multitudes of every name 
who are joined with us in one household of faith, our 
brethren and sisters in Christ throughout the world. 

We remember those who have fallen asleep in 
Christ, in the joyful hope of resurrection unto life 
eternal. O Lord, refresh their spirits with the light 
of thy countenance. 

We remember the fathers from the beginning of 
the world, and all who have wrought righteousness, 
even down to the present day. Refresh thou their 
spirits, and give them abundant entrance into the 
joy of our Lord. And grant unto us, O God, that 
we may have our part and lot with all thy saints. 

We remember all such as journey, and them that 
sojourn in strange lands. May it please thee to 
abide with them wheresoever they abide, and when 



U Then the Minister shall say this Prayer : 




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they travel, to bring them in safety to their destined 
goal. 

We remember all who are sick and in distress, all 
who suffer in body or in mind, all who are in prison 
and in bonds : as bound with them, and as suf- 
ferers with them, we bear them in our hearts and 
pray for their relief. 

We remember our enemies, if there be any who 
have injured us, or any who look upon us with evil 
eye, and cherish hatred against us. We beseech thee 
to turn their hearts, that we may live peaceably 
with all men. May we freely forgive all who have 
wronged us ; and, if there be any whom we have 
wronged, may we make amends and seek forgive- 
ness. 

We remember the whole family of man, beseech- 
ing thee that the spirits of all flesh may taste of thy 
grace, and that the ends of the earth may see the 
salvation of our God. 

Have mercy, O God, upon these thy servants who 
now call upon thee, and upon all those whom we 
name unto thee in the depths of our hearts. Amen. 

T Here should follow a pause for silent prayer, after which 
the Minister may proceed to read as follows: 

WE who do truly and earnestly repent you of your 
sins, and are in love and charity with your 
neighbors, and intend to follow the commandments 
of God, and walk from henceforth in his holy ways : 



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draw near with faith, and take this holy ordinance 
to your comfort. 

^ Then the Minister shall read as follows : 

*THE Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was 
betrayed, took bread ; and, when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is my 
body which is broken for you. This do in remem- 
brance of me. 

If Here the Minister may offer a brief prayer ; and then, as he 

delivers the bread to the People, he should say : 

^JpAKE and eat this in remembrance of Christ. 

T When all have received the bread, the Minister shall read as 

follows : 

A FTER the same manner also he took the cup, 
when he had supped, saying : This cup is the 
new testament in my blood. This do ye, as oft as 
ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 

^ Here also the Minister may offer a brief prayer ; and then, 
as he delivers the cup to the People, he should say : 

J~^RINK this in remembrance of Christ. 

T[ When all have received the cup, the Minister shall say : 

J^ET us give thanks unto God. 



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LORD, we thank thee for the blessed fellow- 



ship of all faithful people who have loved 
and labored and suffered for others since the world 
began. Give us grace henceforth to continue in the 
fellowship of that glorious army which strives to 
conquer sin and evil, and to make this earth at last 
thy kingdom of love and peace. Amen. 



E give thanks to thee, our Father, for the life 



and knowledge which thou hast made known 
to us through Jesus, thy servant : to thee be the 
glory for ever. As this broken bread was scattered 
abroad over the mountains, and being gathered to- 
gether became one, so let thy church be gathered 
together from the ends of the earth into thy king- 
dom. For thine is the glory and the power, through 
Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. 



E give thanks to thee, our Father, for thy 



holy name which thou hast caused to dwell 
in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and 
immortality which thou hast made known to us 
through Jesus, thy servant : to thee be the glory 
for ever. Thou, Almighty Father, hast created all 
things ; both food and drink hast thou given unto 
men to enjoy, that they might give thanks to thee; 




IF Or this : 




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but to us hast thou granted spiritual food and drink, 
and life eternal through thy servant. Before all 
things we give thanks to thee that thou art mighty : 
to thee be the glory for ever. Remember, Lord, thy 
Church, to deliver it from every evil, and to make it 
perfect in thy love ; and gather it together from the 
four winds, the holy church universal, into thy king- 
dom which thou hast prepared for it. For thine is 
the power and the glory for ever. Amen. 

1f The following Psalm is to he read by the Minister and People 
alternately : 

E praise thee in thy power, O God ; 
We praise thee in thy sanctity. 
We praise thee who reignest in the farthest 
heavens ; we praise thee who dwellest in our in- 
most souls ; 

Our Lord and our Comforter. 

The longings of the spirit are inexhaustible ; only 
thou canst fill the heart. 

Thou visit est it with peace unspeakable. 

With thee sorrow is hallowed, pain is softened, 
hardship is assuaged, and fear is calmed. 

For thine own nature is blessedness, and thou 
make st thy worshippers blessed. 

Yea ! blessed is thy presence, O Lord most holy. 
Blessed it is to dwell with thee and to know thee. 

Blessed it is to rest on thee and to serve thee. 



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Strengthen us in life and death to obey cheerfully, 
to strive faithfully, to suffer meekly, and to enjoy 
thankfully. 

So shall we love thee while we live, attd be num- 



RANT unto us, Almighty God, that we, com- 



muning with one another and with thee, 
may feel our hearts burn within us ; until all 
pure and just and holy things are lovely to us, 
and we find nothing to fear but that which is 
hateful in thine eyes. Let thy peace possess our 
souls, while we look to thy loving kindness and 
tender mercy to lift us above that which is low and 
mean ; and, at last, give to the spirit within us a 
perfect victory, and bring us safe through death into 
life everlasting. Amen. 

If The service may conclude with a hymn and the bettediction. 



THE peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, keep your hearts and minds through Christ 
Jesus ; and the blessing of God Almighty be among 
you, and remain with you always. Amen. 



bered with thy saints in glory everlasting. 




BENEDICTION. 



SCmient <©rtier 

FOR THE 

aDmiutetrattott of t^e LotD'js Supper. 



T When a collection is to be taken, the Minister shall begin the 
Service by reading the following sentences, or such portions 
of them as may be convenient ; and the same ?nay be used 
in any other Service during the taking of a collection : 

THE OFFERTORY. 

T ET your light so shine before men that they may 
see your good works, and glorify your Father 
who is in heaven. {Matt. v. 16.) 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust do corrupt, and where thieves 
break through and steal ; but lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through 
nor steal. {Matt. vi. 19, 20.) 

Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto 
you, even so do ye to them ; for this is the law and 
the prophets. {Matt. vii. 12.) 

Not every one who saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he 



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who doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. 
{Matt. vii. 21.) 

He who soweth little shall reap little ; and he who 
soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. Let every 
man do according as he is disposed in his heart ; 
not grudgingly or of necessity : for God loveth a 
cheerful giver. (2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.) 

While we have time, let us do good unto all men, 
and especially unto those who are of the household 
of faith. (Gal. vi. 10.) 

Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with 
that he hath ; for we brought nothing into the world, 
neither may we carry anything out. (1 Tim. vi. 
6, 7-) 

Charge those who are rich in this world that they 
be ready to give and glad to distribute ; laying up 
in store for themselves a good foundation against 
the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 
(1 Tim. vi. 17, 18, 19.) 

God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your 
works and labor that proceedeth of love, which ye 
have showed for his name's sake, who have minis- 
tered unto the saints, and yet do minister. {Heb. 
vi. 10.) 

To do good and to distribute forget not, for with 
such sacrifice God is well pleased. (Heb. xiii. 16.) 

Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother 
have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, 
how dwelleth the love of God in him ? (1 John iii. 17.) 



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Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, 
give plenteously; if thou hast little, do thy diligence 
gladly to give of that little : for so gatherest thou 
thyself a good reward in the day of necessity. 
{Tobit iv. 8, 9.) 

He who hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto 
the Lord. (Prov. xix. 17.) 

Blessed is the man who provideth for the sick and 
needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of 
trouble. (Ps. xli. 1.) 

I have shown you how that ye ought to support 
the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord 
Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. {Acts xx. 35.) 



THE COMMUNION. 
If Then the Minister shall say : 

T ET us pray for the whole state of the Church 
militant. 

A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, who hast taught 
us to make prayers and supplications and to 
give thanks for all men, we humbly beseech thee 
most mercifully to receive these our prayers, which 
we offer unto thy divine majesty; beseeching thee 
to inspire continually the universal Church with the 
spirit of truth, unity, and concord ; and grant that all 



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those who do confess thy holy name may agree in 
the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and 
godly love. To all thy people give thy heavenly 
grace, and especially to this congregation here pres- 
ent, that with meek heart and due reverence they 
may hear and receive thy holy word, truly serving 
thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of 
their life. We most humbly beseech thee, of thy 
goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succor all those 
who, in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, 
need, sickness, or any other adversity. We also 
bless thy holy name for all thy servants departed 
this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to 
give us grace, so to follow their good examples, 
that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly 
kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for thine infinite 
mercy's sake. Amen. 



T Then shall the Minister say to those who are about to receive 
the Communion : 

\/'E who do truly and earnestly repent you of your 
sins, and are in love and charity with your 
neighbors, and intend to follow the commandments 
of God and to walk from henceforth in his holy ways, 
draw near with faith, and take this ordinance to your 
comfort, and make your humble confession to Al- 
mighty God, saying with me : 



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IT Then shall this General Confession be made by the Minister 
and People : 

A LMIGHTY GOD, Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men, 
we acknowledge and confess our manifold sins 
which we, from time to time, most grievously have 
committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy 
divine majesty. We do earnestly repent, and are 
heartily sorry for these our misdoings, the remem- 
brance of which is grievous unto us. Have mercy 
upon us, most merciful Father. In the name of thy 
Son Jesus Christ, we beseech thee to forgive us all 
that is past ; and grant that we may ever hereafter 
serve and please thee in newness of life, to thy honor 
and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

T[ Then shall the Minister say : 

A LMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who of 
his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of 
sins to all those who with hearty repentance and 
true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, par- 
don and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and 
strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to 
everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



H 



\ Then shall the Minister also say : 

EAR what comfortable words our Saviour Christ 
saith unto all who truly turn to him : 



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Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy- 
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon 
you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in 
heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls ; for 
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd 
giveth his life for the sheep. 

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold : 
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my 
voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 

In the world ye shall have tribulation ; but be of 
good cheer, I have overcome the world. 

Minister. Lift up your hearts. 

People. We lift them up unto the Lord. 

Minister. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. 

People. It is meet and right so to do. 

Minister. It is very meet, right, and our bounden 
duty that we should at all times, and in all places, 
give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Al- 
mighty, Everlasting God ; 

r Then the following Ascription shall be said by the Minister 
and People : 

^PHEREFORE with angels and archangels, and 
with all the company of heaven, we laud and 
magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, 
and saying, Hoi)-, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts: 



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heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to 
thee, O Lord most high. Amen. 

If Then shall the Minister say the following Prayer : 

\ \/E do not come to this table, O merciful Lord, 
trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy 
manifold and great mercies. Grant therefore that, 
coming to thee in hunger and thirst after righteous- 
ness, we may eat of the living bread and be filled 
with the spirit of Jesus Christ, and evermore dwell 
in him, and he in us. Amen. 

If Then the Minister shall read as follows : 

'THE Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was 
betrayed, took bread, and, when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said : Take, eat. This is my 
body, which is broken for you. This do in remem- 
brance of me. After the same manner, also, he took 
the cup, when he had supped, saying : This cup is 
the new testament in my blood. This do ye as oft 
as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 

![ Then the Minister shall break the Bread and pour the Wine, 
after which he shall say the following Prayer: 

A LL glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly 
Father, for that thou, of thy tender mercy, 
didst send thy dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ into 



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the world, that we might live through him. Hear 
us, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, and grant 
that we, receiving these thy creatures of bread and 
wine, may alway remember the exceeding great love 
of our Master, and follow the blessed steps of his 
most holy life. We earnestly desire thy fatherly 
goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
praise and thanksgiving. And here we offer and 
present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and 
bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice 
unto thee, humbly beseeching thee that we may be 
filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and 
made one body with thy Son Jesus Christ. And 
unto thee, O Father Almighty, be all honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 

\Then the Minister, delivering the Bread to the People, 
shall say : 

HPAKE and eat this in remembrance of Christ. 



If Then the Minister, delivering the Cup to the People, shall say : 

^RINK this in remembrance of Christ. 

TT When all have received the Communion, a Hymn may be 
sung; and, this ended, the following prayers shall be 



UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 



name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 




said: 




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on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : P'or 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

THANKSGIVING. 

A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, we most heart- 
ily thank thee that thou dost vouchsafe to 
feed us with this most precious spiritual food, and 
dost assure us of thy favor and goodness towards us ; 
and that we are very members incorporate in the 
mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed com- 
pany of all faithful people ; and are also heirs 
through hope of thine everlasting kingdom. And 
we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, 
so to assist as with thy grace that we may continue 
in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works 
as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord ; and unto thee be all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 

If Then may be said or sung, all standing, Gloria in Excelsis, 
as follotvs, or a Hymn. 

LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. We praise thee, we 
bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we 



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give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, 
heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 

O Lord, who hast revealed thyself through Jesus 
Christ, O Lord God, God of love, Eternal Father, 
that dost forgive the sins of the world, have mercy 
upon us. Thou that dost forgive the sins of the 
world, have mercy upon us. Thou that dost forgive 
the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou 
who art from everlasting to everlasting, have mercy 
upon us. 

For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord. 
Therefore, blessing and honor and glory and power 
be unto thee for ever and ever. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

'THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, 
be with us all evermore. Amen. 

1 Or this : 

THE peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, keep your hearts and minds in the knowl- 
edge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord ; and the blessing of God Almighty be 
among you and remain with you always. Amen. 



TBapttssm of C^tmtcn. 



This Service may be used after Morning or Evening Prayer, 
or at any convenient point in either, or by itself, at the 
home. 

IT The Parents with the Child or Children to be baptized being 
present, and standing before the Minister, the Minister 
shall begin the Service by saying : 

HTHE design of receiving infants by baptism into 
the Church of Christ is to remind parents of 
their duty to them in their innocent and helpless 
age, to train them up as his disciples and the chil- 
dren of God; that, as they have been the instru- 
ments of bringing them into this mortal life, they 
may have the comfort of contributing to their future 
happiness in a life which will never end. 

IT If a longer address be desired or expedient, then may he 
add as follozvs : 

T3 EMEMBER, then, that this child belongs to 
God, who gave him to you that he may 
be educated and fitted for himself ; and if, through 
your neglect or bad example, his reasonable creat- 
ure be lost, he will require it at your hands. And 
may the supreme Father and Governor of all things 
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your duty, for his glory, the good of mankind, and 
the advancement of the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

If Then the Minister shall read one or more of the sentences 



IT EAR, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; 

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
might. And these words which I command thee 
this day shall be upon thine heart ; and thou shalt 
teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt 
talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and 
when thou walkest by the way, and when thou 
risest up. 

T^HE promise is unto you and to your children and 



to all that are afar off, even as many as the 
Lord your God shall call. 

O ye and teach all nations, baptizing them into 



the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. 

A ND Jesus took a child, and set him in the midst 



of them ; and, when he had taken him in his 
arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive 
one of such children in my name receiveth me ; and 
whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but 
him that sent me. 



follow : 






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'TVA.KE heed that ye despise not one of these 
little ones ; for I say unto you that in heaven 
their angels do always behold the face of my Father 
who is in heaven. 

A XD thev brought young children to him that he 



should touch them, and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. But, when Jesus saw it, 
he was much displeased, and said unto them : Suffer 
the little children to come unto me, and forbid them 
not; for of such is the kingdom of God, Verily, I 
say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the king- 
dom of God as a little child, he shall not enter 
therein. And he took them up in his arms, put 
his hands upon them, and blessed them. 



T~\ EARLY beloved, you have brought this child 
here to be baptized ; I demand therefore, Will 
you faithfully and earnestly exhort him to renounce 
all evil works, the vain pomp and glory of the world ; 
and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that he may 
not follow nor be led by them ? 
Answer. I will. 

Minister. Will you instruct him in the gospel of 
our Lord Jesus Christ ? 
Answer. I will. 

Minister. Will you exhort him to keep God's holy 




\ Then shall the Minister say : 



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will and commandments, and to walk in the same all 
the days of his life ? 
Answer. I will. 

\ Or this : 

WOU present this child for baptism in token of 
your belief that he is God's child, and of 
your desire to so nurture and train him that he may 
ever seek to know and love to do his will. 

U Then shall the Minister take the Child into his arms, and 
say to the Parents or those who have presented him for 
baptism : 

Name this child. 

If Then, naming the Child after them, and spri7ikling water 
upon his forehead, he shall say : 

I baptize thee into the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

% Or this : 

In the faith, fellowship, and hope of the gospel, I 
dedicate thee to God, our Father in heaven. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

IT One or more of the following Prayers may be said: 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast 
promised unto us that thou wilt not only be 
our God, but the God and Father of our children, 



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we welcome this child into the bosom of thy Church 
into the service of Christ, and into the communion 
of saints ; grant unto him, therefore, thy best bless- 
ings both of body and soul, that he may pass safely 
through the temptations of this world, and have part 
with thy faithful children in the life to come. Amen. 

CNDUE these thy servants, O God, with wisdom 
from above, that they may perform their duty 
faithfully. Help them in thine own best way to 
consecrate to thy service this gift of thy goodness. 
By thy Holy Spirit aid them, and all who are here 
present, so to live before thee in love and obedience 
as finally to see thy face in joy and peace eternal. 



LMIGHTY and ever-blessed God, by whose 



providence the generations of mankind are 
raised up and brought to knowledge of thee and 
fitted for thy favor, grant that this child now dedi- 
cated to thee may be endued with heavenly virtues, 
and so taught and trained as befits a child of God 
and an heir of immortality. 

Bless this act of faith, as in gratitude to thee for 
the gift thou hast bestowed upon them these parents 
solemnly consecrate this child to thy service, promis- 
ing thereby, with thy grace assisting them, to fulfil 
the duties thou hast laid upon them. 

In every trial and temptation be thou his protector, 



Amen. 




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and guard him on earth until thou dost receive Jiim 
to thyself. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

'THE peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, keep your hearts and minds in the knowl- 
edge and love of God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord : and the blessing of God, the Father Al- 
mighty, be amongst you, and remain with you always. 
Amen. 

IT Or this : 

\T OW unto Him who is able to keep us from fall- 
ing, and to present us faultless before the pres- 
ence of his glory, with exceeding joy, to the only wise 
God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion 
and power, through Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 



C^e "Baptism of tljojsc toljo an of 
Ktper gearss. 



TT This service is commonly to be used in connection with and 
preceding the Communion Service. 

IF The Persons to be baptized being present and standing before 
the Minister, the Minister shall begin the Service by saying: 

JESUS said, Go and teach all nations, baptizing 
them into the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to 
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you; and, lo! I am with you alway, even unto the 
end of the world. 

'"PHEN Peter said, Repent and be baptized, every 
one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost ; for the promise is unto you and to your 
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many 
as the Lord our God shall call. 



S many of you as have been baptized into Christ 
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Minister. Dost thou believe in Jesus Christ, the 
Son of God ? 
Answer. I do. 

Minister. Wilt thou renounce the fellowship of 
evil, and wilt thou endeavor to do the will of God as 
revealed by Jesus Christ ? 

Answer. I will. 

IT The Minister shall then baptize the person, sayi?ig: 

T BAPTIZE thee into the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 

We receive this person into the congregation of 
Christ's flock, that he may hereafter fight manfully 
under his banner against sin and all evil, and con- 
tinue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his 
life's end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

A \ 7E yield thee humble thanks, O heavenly Father, 
that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to faith 
in thee and the knowledge of thy grace : increase 
this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us ever- 
more. Give thy Holy Spirit to this person, that he 
may continue thy servant, and attain thy promises, 
continually overcoming all his temptations, and daily 
proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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LMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who art 



our refuge and strength, we beseech thee to 
fill this thy servant with thy Holy Spirit, that, 
his heart being filled with thy peace, he may 
henceforth abide in holiness and righteousness all 
the days of his life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
A men. 

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, we beseech 
thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt 
mercifully look upon this thy servant; fill him with 
thy Spirit, that he may be a living member of thy 
household; and, being steadfast in faith, joyful 
through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass 
the waves of this troublesome world, that finally he 
may come to the land of everlasting life, there to 
abide with thee, world without end. Amen. 



LMIGHTY and immortal God, the Aid of all 



who need, the Helper of all who flee to thee 
for succor, the Life of those who believe, and the 
Resurrection of the dead ; we call upon thee to bless 
thy servant with all spiritual gifts. Receive him, O 
Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved 
Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall receive ; seek, and ye 
shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 
So give now unto us who ask ; let us who seek, find; 
open the gate unto us who knock ; that thy servant 




f Or this : 




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may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly 
love, and may come to the eternal kingdom which 
thou hast promised by Jesus Christ. Amen. 

BENEDICTION. 

\T OW unto Him who is able to keep us from fall- 
ing, and to present us faultless before the 
presence of his glory, with exceeding joy, to the 
only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, 
dominion and power, for ever and ever. Amen. 



Clje <&tfttz of Confirmation 

OR 

a&mtejston to tyz C^utcty. 



1" When the persons to be confirmed are standing before the 
Minister, he shall say : 

T~^\ EARLY beloved, do you now renounce the fel- 
lowship of evil, and resolve to learn and do 
the will of God as revealed by Jesus Christ ? 
Answer, I do. 

IT Or: 

\ \1 ILL you now and henceforth earnestly en- 
deavor to resist all sinful inclinations, to live 
in the spirit of Jesus Christ, and to do God's holy 
will ? 

Answer. I will. 

Minister. Our help is in the name of the Lord, 
Ansiuer. Who hath made heaven and earth. 
Minister. Blessed be the name of the Lord, 
Answer. Henceforth, world without end. 
Minister. Lord, hear our prayer, 
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. 
Minister. Let us pray. 



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A LMIGHTY and ever-living God, strengthen 
x these thy servants, we beseech thee, with thy 
Holy Spirit, the Comforter, and daily increase in 
them thy manifold gifts of grace, the spirit of wisdom 
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, 
the spirit of knowledge and true godliness, and fill 
them, O Lord, with the spirit of obedience to thy holy 
will, now and for ever. Amen. 



If Then, all of them kneeling (or standing) before the Minister, 
he shall lay his hands upon the head of each one, or take 
each in turn by tJie right hand, saying: 

T^VEFEND, O Lord, this thy child [or servant] 
with thy heavenly grace, that he may con- 
tinue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy 
Holy Spirit more and more, until he come unto 
thine everlasting kingdom. Amen. 



IF Or, 

THE Lord defend thee with his heavenly grace, 
and by his Spirit confirm thee in the faith and 
fellowship of all true Christian souls. 



IT Then shall the Minister say: 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 
Minister. Let us pray. 



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LMIGHTY GOD, who makest us both to will 



and to do those things that are good, we offer 
our supplications unto thee for these thy sen-ants, 
who /lave expressed their earnest desire and prayer to 
be enabled tD fulfil their duties as disciples of Jesus 
Christ. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, 
ever be over them ; .let thy Holy Spirit ever be with 
them; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedi- 
ence of thy law that in the end they may obtain 
eternal life. Amen. 

\ 7 OUCH SAFE, we beseech thee, O Lord, to di- 



rect, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and 
bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of 
thy commandments, that, through thy most mighty 
protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved 
in body and soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

T ORD of all power and might, who art the author 



and giver of all good things, graft in our hearts 
the love of thy name, increase in us true religion, 
nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy 
keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

/^L'R Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this dav our 






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daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those that trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

IF Then shall follow this Benediction : 

'THE blessing of God Almighty be upon you, and 
remain with you for ever. Amen, 



Carriage ^ctlrice. 



TT The Minister should first satisfy himself that he is author- 
ized by the laws of the State to sole?nnize the marriage, 
and that all the reqicirements of the statutes have been 
complied with by the persons to be married. 

\Wheii the Persons to be married are assembled zvith their 
friends, and are standing before the Minister, the woman 
at the left hand of the man, the Minister shall say to the 
congregation : 

EARLY beloved, we are gathered together here 
in the sight of God, and in the face of this 
company, to join together this man and this woman 
in matrimony ; which is an estate [ordained of God ; 
which Christ adorned and beautified with his pres- 
ence in Cana of Galilee ; and is commended of St. 
Paul to be honorable among all men ; and therefore 
is] not by any to be enterprised, or taken in hand 
lightly or unadvisedly ; but reverently, discreetly, 
soberly, and in the fear of God. Into this holy 
estate these two persons now desire to enter. If 
any man can show just cause why they may not 



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lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or 
else hereafter forever hold his peace. 

T[ Then, also, speaking to the Persons who are to be married, 
he may say : 

T REQUIRE and charge you both that, if either 
of you know any impediment why ye may not 
be lawfully united in matrimony, ye do now confess 
it. For be ye well assured that so many as are 
joined together otherwise than God's word doth 
allow are not joined together by God, neither is 
their marriage lawful. 

^ If 710 i77ipedi77ie7it be alleged, the7i shall the Minister say tmto 
the Ma7i, addressi7ig hi77i by his Christian na77ie : 

M., wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded 
wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in the 
estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, comfort 
her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, 
in sorrow and in joy; and, forsaking all other, keep 
thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? 

IT The Ma.7i shall a7iswer : 

I will. 

The7i shall the Mi7iistcr say tmto the Wo7iian, addressi7ig her 
by her Christian 7ia77ie : 

N., wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded hus- 
band, to live together after God's ordinance, in the 



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20 1 



estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love him, comfort 
him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, 
in sorrow and in joy ; and, forsaking all other, keep 
thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live ? 

IT The Woman shall answer: 

I will. 

If The?t shall the Minister say : 

Who giveth this woman to be married to this man ? 

TT Then the Minister, receiving the Woman at her Father's or 
Friend's hands, shall cause the Man with his right hand 
to take the Woman by her right hand, and to say after 
him as follows : 

I, M., take thee, N., to my wedded wife, to have 
and to hold, from this day forward, for better for 
worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in 
health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, 
according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I 
plight thee my troth. 

\Then shall the Woman likewise say after the Minister : 

I, N., take thee, M., to my wedded husband, to 
have and to hold, from this day forward, for better 
for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in 
health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, 
according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I 
give thee my troth. 



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IT Then shall they loose their hands, and the Man shall give 
tinto the Woman a Ring [_aud the Minister, taking the 
Ring, shall deliver it unto the Man to put it upon the 
fourth finger of the Woman's left hand, and the Man 
holding the Ring there~\, and taught by the Minister 
shall say : 

With this ring I thee wed ; and to thee only do I 
promise to keep myself, so long as we both shall live. 
Amen. 

\Then shall the Minister speak unto the People: 



ORASMUCH as M. and N. have consented to- 



gether in wedlock, and have witnessed the same 
before God and this company, and thereto have given 
and pledged their troth each to the other, and have 
declared the same by giving and receiving a ring, 
and by joining hands ; I do now [by virtue of the 
authority vested in me under the laws of this Com- 
monwealth and as a minister of the Gospel] pro- 
nounce that they be Husband and Wife ; and those 
whom God hath joined together, let no man put 
asunder. 

If Then the Minister shall say : 

Let us pray. 

A LMIGHTY and eternal God, creator and pre- 
server of all mankind, who settest the solitary 
in families, send, we beseech thee, thy benediction 
upon these thy servants whom we now bless in 




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thy name. May their hearts be united in the bonds 
of love and purity ; may they share one another's 
joys and bear one another's burdens, so fulfilling 
the law of Christ. Enable them so faithfully to dis- 
charge the duties which belong to the condition into 
which they have entered that they, and all who may 
be committed to their care, may meet together at 
last in that world of perfect felicity which thou hast 
revealed to us by Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



LMIGHTY GOD, who hast put it into the 



hearts of these thy servants to live together in 
holy wedlock, grant unto them, we pray, thy con- 
tinual protection and defence. Help them to fulfil 
their solemn vows, and to live together in holiness, 
in mutual love, and in the ways of thy command- 
ments. Bless them, we beseech thee, from thy holy 
habitation, that not in word only, or in outward form, 
they may be united, but by thy presence in their 
hearts they may be made one spirit in thee. Amen. 



HP HE Lord God Almighty bless, preserve, and 
keep you ; the Lord mercifully with his favor 
look upon you, and fill you with all spiritual bene- 



f Or this : 




If Then shall he add this : 



BLESSING. 



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diction and grace; that ye may so live together in 
this life that in the world to come ye may have life 
everlasting. Amen. 

T Or this : 

T"HE Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord 
make his face to shine upon you and be gra- 
cious unto you; the Lord lift up the light of his 
countenance upon you and give you peace. 



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The Minister may meet the procession at the entrance of the 
church, and, preceding it, recite one or more of the follow- 
ing Sentences. Or 

\ One or more of the following Sentences may be read while 
the procession is entering the church. 

^ If the Service be held in the home, it may begin in the same 



T AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord ; 

he that believeth in me, though he were dead, 
yet shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth 
in me shall never die. (John xi. 25, 26.) 

A LL flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof 



is as the flower of the field: the grass wither- 
eth, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the Lord 
bloweth upon it. The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand forever. 
(ha. xl. 6-8.) 

T IKE as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth 
our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. 
(Psalm ciii. 13, 14.) 



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E brought nothing into this world, and it 



is certain that we can carry nothing out. 
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: 
Blessed be the name of the Lord! (i Tim. vi. 7; 
Job i. 21.) 



IT Then may be said alternately, or sung, the following 



ORD, make me to know mine end, and the 



measure of my days, that I may know how 
frail I am. 

Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span 
long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of 
thee ; 

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth 
himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot 
tell who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord, what is my hope ? Truly my hope 
is even in thee. 

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my 
cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears. 

For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as 
all my fathers were. 

Oh, spare me a little, that I may recover my 
strength before I go hence, and be no more seen. 




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Psalm XXXIX. 




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Psalm XC. 

1 ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all 
generations. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from 
everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- 
day when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 

Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are 
as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which 
groweth up. 

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in 
the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; 
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, 
yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon 
cut off, and we fly away. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply 
our hearts unto wisdom. 

O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may 
rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Let thy v/ork appear unto thy servants, and thy 
glory unto their children. 

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 
us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon 
us ; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 

T[ Then a Hymti may be sting. In place of the Hymn or after 
it may be read any of the following Selections : 



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OD is our refuge and strength, a very present 



help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, 
though the earth be removed, and though the moun- 
tains be carried into the midst of the sea. 

Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into 
heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in the 
grave, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of 
the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the 
sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness 
shall cover me; even the night shall be light about 
me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but 
the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the 
light are both alike to thee. 

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavil- 
ion, in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. 

The Lord is ni°;h unto them that are of a broken 
heart ; and none of them that trust in him shall be 
desolate. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; 
nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the 
pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the 
destruction that wasteth at noonday. For he shall 
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. 

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 
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The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, 
and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight 
of the unwise they seemed to die; and their depart- 
ure is taken for misery, and their going from us to be 
utter destruction ; but they are in peace. For though 
they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope 
full of immortality : for God proved them, and found 
them worthy for himself. As gold in the furnace hath 
he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. 

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus- 
tain thee. 

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up 
their wounds, 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and 
that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; 
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

He giveth his beloved sleep. I shall be satisfied 
when I awake in thy likeness. 

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them 
alive ; and let thy widows trust in me. 

When my father and my mother forsake me, then 
the Lord will take me up. 

God created man to be immortal, and made him to 
be an image of his own eternity. 

Thus saith the Lord : As one whom his mother 
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Though he cause grief, yet will he have compas- 
sion according to the multitude of his mercies. For 
he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children 
of men. 

O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from 
me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 

Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in 
God, believe also in me. In my Father's house 
are many mansions : if it were not so, I would 
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again and receive you unto myself ; that where I am, 
there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, 
and the way ye know. I am the way, and the truth, 
and the life : I will not leave you comfortless : I will 
come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth 
me no more; but ye see me : because I live, ye shall 
live also. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given 
me, be with me where I am ; that they may behold 
my glory, which thou hast given me. 

God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth 
in God, and God in him. 

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the 
Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him ; for 
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eth every son whom he receiveth. Now no chasten- 
ing for the present seemeth to be joyous, but griev- 
ous ; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable 
fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised 
thereby. 

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery 
trial which is to try you, as though some strange 
thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as 
ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that, when his 
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with ex- 
ceeding joy. 

None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to 
himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord ; 
and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether 
we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For 
to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, 
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, 
when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we 
shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resur- 
rection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheri- 
tance incorruptible and undented, and that fadeth not 
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Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all 
comfort ; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, 
that we may be able to comfort them which are in 
any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves 
are comforted of God. 

Jesus Christ hath abolished death, and hath brought 
life and immortality to light through the gospel. 

We know that, if our earthly house of this taber- 
nacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a 
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 
that we are the children of God : and if children, 
then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; 
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also 
glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings 
of this present time are not worthy to be compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things 
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. Set your affection on things above, 
not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and 
your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, 
who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear 
with him in glory. 

We know that all things work together for good to 
them that love God. For I am persuaded that neither 
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powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor 
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be 
able to separate us from the love of God, which is in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, 
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow 
not, even as others which have no hope. For if we 
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them 
also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about 
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside 
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset 
us, and let us run with patience the race that is set 
before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher 
of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him 
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set 
down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

We, according to his promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwell eth right- 
eousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look 
for such things, be diligent that ye may be found 
of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are 
of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen 
from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them 
that slept. For since by man came death, by man 
came also the resurrection of the dead. But some 
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what body do they come ? Thou fool, that which 
thou sowest is not quickened, except it die : and that 
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that 
shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or 
of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as 
it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown 
in corruption, it is raised in incorruption : it is 
sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory : it is sown in 
weakness, it is raised in power : it is sown a natural 
body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural 
body, and there is a spiritual body. Howbeit that 
was not first which is spiritual, but that which is 
natural ; and afterward that which is spiritual. And 
as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall 
also bear the image of the heavenly. 

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood 
cannot inherit the kingdom of God ; neither doth 
corruption inherit incorruption. For this corrupt- 
ible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must 
put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall 
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 
put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass 
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in 
victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 
where is thy victory ? But thanks be to God, which 
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
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moveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain 
in the Lord. 

I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Be- 
hold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will 
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and 
God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; 
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, 
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain : for 
the former things are passed away. 

There shall be no night there ; and they need no 
candle, neither light of the sun ; for the Lord God giv- 
eth them light : and they shall reign for ever and ever. 

I beheld a great multitude, which no man could 
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and 
tongues, stood before the throne, and before the 
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their 
hands. These are they which came out of great 
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore 
are they before the throne of God, and serve him 
day and night in his temple. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any 
more ; for the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto 
living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away 
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If The following Selections are for occasional use, at such plate 
in the Service as the Minister shall choose, and are ar- 
ranged to be applicable, in their order, to men and women, 
to childhood, to youth, and to old age : 

OLESSED is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scorn- 
ful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and 
in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the 
faithful fail from among the children of men. 

Know ye not that there is a prince and a great 
man fallen this day in Israel. 

Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the 
furnace of adversity. 

Surely the righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
brance. 

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord ; 
and he delighteth in his way. Mark the perfect man, 
and behold the upright ; for the end of that man is 
peace. 

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord ; 
and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught 
diligently the things of the Lord. 

Blessed is the man that endureth, for when he 
is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which 
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and 
when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; be- 
cause I delivered the poor that cried, and the father- 
less, and him that had none to help him. The bless- 
ing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; 
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put 
on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment 
was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, 
and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the 
poor ; and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 

Many shall commend his understanding ; and his 
name shall live from generation to generation. Na- 
tions shall show forth his wisdom, and the congre- 
gation shall declare his praise. 

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers 
that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory 
by them through his great power from the beginning. 
There be of them that have left a name behind 
them; and some there be which have no memorial; 
who are perished, as though they had never been. 
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness 
hath not been forgotten. Their bodies are buried 
in peace, but their name liveth for evermore. The 
people will tell of their wisdom, and the congrega- 
tion will show forth their praise. 

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of 
the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteous- 
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The memorial of virtue is immortal : because it is 
known with God, and with men. When it is present 
men take example at it ; and when it is gone they 
desire .it; it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for- 
ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled 
rewards. 

The righteous live for evermore ; their reward also 
is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the 
Most High. 

The path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : 
for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek : 
for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they 
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for 
they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for they 
shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart : 
for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers : 
for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed 
are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Well done, thou good and faithful servant : thou 
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make 
thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the 
joy of thy Lord. 

He walked with God, and he was not; for God 
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Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me 
meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and ye clothed 
me: I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in prison, 
and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hun- 
gered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 
When saw we thee a stransrer, and took thee in ? 
or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee 
sick, or in prison, and came unto thee ? And the 
King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one 
of the least of these my brethren ye have done it 
unto me. 

Behold, thou hast instructed many. Thy hands 
have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast 
strengthened the feeble hands. 

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh 
reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit 
shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. 

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is 
laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the 
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To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the 
tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of 
God. 

AlfHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price 
is far above rubies. The heart of her hus- 
band doth safely trust in her. She will do him good 
and not evil all the days of her life. She stretcheth 
out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth 
her hands to the needy. Strength and honor are her 
clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 
She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her 
tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to 
the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread 
of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her 
blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman 
that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 

A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord ; 
and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well 
instructed. 

As the sun when it ariseth in the high heavens, so 
is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her 
house. 

Honor widows that are widows indeed. Now, she 
that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, 
and continueth in supplications and prayers night and 
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brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, 
if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have dili- 
gently followed every good work. 

This woman was full of good works and alms- 
deeds which she did. 

The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son 
of man, behold I take away from thee the desire of 
thine eyes with a stroke ! 

T S it well with thee ? Is it well with thy husband ? 

Is it well with the child ? And she answered, 
It is well. 

While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept ; 
for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gra- 
cious to me, that the child may live ? But now he 
is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I brins: him 
back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not 
return to me. 

Suffer the little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God. 
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not 
enter therein. 

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his 
work be pure, and whether it be right. 

Jesus saith, Have ye never read, Out of the mouth 
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 
ones ; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels 
do always behold the face of my Father which is in 
heaven. Even so it is not the will of your Father 
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones 
should perish. 

They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in 
that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will 
spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serv- 
eth him. 

TTONORABLE age is not that which standeth 
in length of time, nor that is measured by 
number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto 
men, and an unspotted life is old age. 

He pleased God, and was beloved of him. He, 
being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long 
time : for his soul pleased the Lord. Thus the 
righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly 
which are living ; and youth that is soon perfected, 
the many years and old age of the unrighteous. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 

This man died, leaving his death for an example of 
a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only 
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H, how comely a thing is judgment for gray 



hairs, and for ancient men to know counsel! 
Oh, how comely is the wisdom of old men, and un- 
derstanding and counsel to men of honor ! Much 
experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of 
God is their glory. 

O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the 
needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is 
now in the last age and is vexed with all things, and 
to him that despaireth and hath lost patience ! Fear 
not the sentence of death, remember them that have 
been before thee, and that come after ; for this is 
the sentence of the Lord over all flesh. 

As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick, so 
is the beauty of the face in ripe age. 

Thine age shall be clearer than the noonday ; thou 
shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found 
in the way of righteousness. 

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord 
shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall 
still bring forth fruit in old age. 

The number of a man's days at the most are an 
hundred years. As a drop of water unto the sea, so 
are a thousand years to the days of eternity. There- 
fore is God patient with them, and poureth forth his 
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as 
a shock of corn cometh in in his season. 

Then may be said alternately or sting this Psalm : 
Psalm XXIII. 

'THE Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. He 



maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he 
leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art 
with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lord for ever. 



/^OME unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy- 
laden, and I will give you rest. 
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I 
am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest 
unto your souls. 

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

^Then may follow ati Address, or a suitable Poem, or a Hymn, 
at the discretion of the Minister, after which the Minister 
may read one or more of the following Prayers : 



LMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the spirits 



of those who depart hence in the Lord ; and 




T[ Or this may be snng: 





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with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are 
delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy 
and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks for the good 
examples of all those thy servants, who, having fin- 
ished their course in faith, do now rest from their 
labors. And we beseech thee that we, with all 
those who are departed in the true faith of thy holy 
name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss 
in thy heavenly and everlasting glory, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

f~\ HOLY and loving Father, whose mercies are 
from everlasting to everlasting, and who dost 
not willingly afflict nor grieve the children of men, 
we thank thee that thy children can flee for refuge 
in their afflictions to the blessed certainty of thy 
love. From every grief that burdens our spirits, 
from the sense of solitude and loss, from the doubt 
and fainting of the soul in its trouble, we turn to 
thee. Thou knowest our frame, thou rememberest 
that we are dust. Be thou our Strength and Deliv- 
erer ; in our great need be thou our Helper ; pour 
thy consolations into our hearts, and let the gospel 
of thy beloved Son minister comfort and peace to 
our souls. Amen. 

f~\ GOD of light eternal, we look to thee. Though 
clouds are round about thee and the shadow 
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dimmed ; and with perfect trust we wait for thee, 
as they whose eyes watch for the morning. Do with 
us as thou wilt : call us to our work or to our rest : 
bid us take up our burden or lay it down. Abide 
with us by night and day ; and be our strength to 
do and bear thy perfect will. Amen. 

GOD, thou Helper of the helpless, look upon this 
sorrowing home with thy tender mercy ; sus- 
tain and comfort these mourning hearts. In thy holy 
keeping are the living and the dead : and all are safe, 
for underneath are the everlasting arms. Give us 
strength to return to the quiet duties of our place. 
With chastened desires, and with greater trust in 
thee, may we dedicate ourselves anew to the ser- 
vice of thy will ; that, in the faith and spirit of him 
who was made perfect through suffering, each of us 
may be ready to say, whenever the hour shall come, 
"Father, I have finished the work which thou gav- 
est me to do." Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, whose ways are often dark 
and strange to our mortal vision, we believe 
that thy love and thy mercy do not change. As 
thou spreadest over this house and these hearts the 
shadow of a great affliction, we invoke thy help that 
in the sorrowful and lonely hours we may still feel 
thy presence with us. Bring to us in this hour of 
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Let these holy words sustain us with their gracious 
promise, "Because I live, ye shall live also," and 
may thy Holy Spirit, the Comforter, abide with us 
forever! Amen. 

INTERNAL GOD, with whom is neither beginning 
of days nor end of years, we give thee hearty 
thanks for the life which has been lived among us. 
We thank thee for the blessed memories of love and 
fidelity, of sacrifice and service, of compassion and 
helpfulness, which abide for our consolation. We 
recall with gratitude the patience under trial, the 
endurance in affliction, the meek surrender to thy 
holy will. We rejoice in the example of a faith 
triumphant over earthly ills through the assurance 
that all things work together for good. Help those 
who sorrow to rest in the promises of the Gospel, 
looking for a blessed reunion where all thy chil- 
dren shall join in nobler service. We ask this 
through him in whom life and immortality are 
brought to light. Amen. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, our only true and lasting 
light, look upon us with thy constant mercy. 
When our eyes no longer behold those whom we 
have loved, we turn to thee. Strengthen our faith 
that, though gone from our sight, they are in some 
other of thy divine mansions ; and that one day the 
door of death shall open, and we, passing through, 



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shall behold them radiant with thy life. Comfort 
us, strengthen us, guide us to the end, and afterward 
receive us to thy glory. Amen. 

r~\ SOURCE of everlasting grace, fill us with the 
mind that was in Christ Jesus, who declined 
no cup of sorrow from thy hand ; make us one with 
him in patience, in love, in trust, that we may set 
our affections on things above and rise with him to 
heavenly life ! Join us to thy saints and servants of 
every age in a communion where sin and death shall 
be no more. Amen. 



ALMIGHTY and Eternal God, whose days are 
without end and whose mercies cannot be 
numbered, thou hast sent us into this world to serve 
thee, and to live according to thy laws. O Lord, 
look upon us in mercy and pity ; our life is but a 
span long, but thou rememberest that we are dust ; 
let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this earthly pil- 
grimage with safety and peace, with holiness and 
joy, that, when we have served thee in our genera- 
tion, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having 
the testimony of a good conscience, in the confidence 
of a steadfast faith, and the comforts of a religious 
and holy hope, in favor with thee, our God, and in 
perfect charity with all the world ; that neither 
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come, may be able to separate us from the love of 
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

Tf After which may be said the Service follozuing, if it be not to 
be recited at the grave. 
At the grave, after the body has been lowered, the Minister 
may read any of the following Selections : 

TV /TAN that is born of a woman, hath but a short 
time to live, and is full of misery. He com- 
eth up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as 
it were a shadow, and never continueth in one 
stay. 

In the midst of life we are in death ; of whom may 
we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord ? 

What is your life ? It is even a vapor that appear- 
eth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 

As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower 
of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth 
over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall 
know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from 
everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, 
and his righteousness unto children's children. 

Here we have no continuing city, but we seek one 
to come. 

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall 
gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his 
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We know in part, and we prophesy in part. But 
when that which is perfect is come, then that which 
is in part shall be done away. For now we see 
through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now 
I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also 
I am known. 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath en- 
tered into the heart of man, the things which God 
hath prepared for them that love him. But God 
hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit ; for the 
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of 
God. 

Though our outward man perish, yet the inward 
man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, 
which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more 
exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look 
not at the things which are seen but at the things 
which are not seen : for the things which are seen 
are temporal ; but the things which are not seen 
are eternal. 



IT Then the Minister shall also say : 

T7ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God 
to take unto himself the soul of our brother 
{this child) here departed, we therefore commit 
his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to 
ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of 
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sleep in the death of the body shall wake in the life 
of the spirit, according to the mighty working 
whereby God is able to subdue all things to himself. 

^ If the burial be at sea, instead of the words " We therefore 
commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to 
ashes, dust to dust ; " shall be said : 

"Y^TE therefore commit his body to the deep; 

^ Then shall be said or sung: 

T HEARD a voice from heaven saying unto me, 
Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead 
which die in the Lord ; Even so, saith the Spirit, 
they rest from their labors and their works do fol- 
low them. 

\Or the following anthem : 
NUNC DIMITTIS,, 

T ORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in 
peace, according to thy word : 
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all 

people ; 

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be 
the glory of thy people Israel. {Luke ii. 29-32.) 

IT Or at the burial of a child : 

CUFFER the little children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not for of such is the king- 
dom of God. 



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If Then may be said one or more of the following Prayers : 

r^i MERCIFUL GOD, the Father of our Lord 
^~ > ^ Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the 
life ; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though 
he die ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in him 
shall never die; who also hath taught us by his 
holy apostle, Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men 
without hope, for those who sleep in him ; we hum- 
bly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the 
death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that, 
when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him ; 
and that, at the resurrection to eternal life, we may 
be found acceptable in thy sight, and receive that 
blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then pro- 
nounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation of the world. 
Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, 
through Jesus Christ. Amen. 



A LMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the 
spirits of just men made perfect, after they are 
delivered from their earthly prisons ; we humbly 
commend the soul, of this thy servant, our dear 
brother, into thy hands as into the hands of a faithful 
Creator, and most merciful Father, asking that it 
may be precious in thy sight. Purge it from all 
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out spot before thee. Teach us who survive to see 
how frail and uncertain our own condition is ; and 
so to number our days that we may apply our hearts 
unto wisdom. Amen, 

A LMIGHTY GOD, in whom are all our ways, 
we lift our souls to thee : raise us above the 
shadows of earth into the light of thy countenance 
and the comfort of thy presence. We thank thee 
for the dear and faithful dead, through whom heaven 
becomes our home. As one by one thou dost 
gather them out of the earthly light into thy heavenly 
glory, may we dwell together in thy faith and love, 
and in that hope which is full of immortality. Amen. 

A LMIGHTY GOD, we bow before thy holy will, 
and we take refuge in thy mercy which is from 
everlasting to everlasting. Beside this open grave 
we give thanks unto thee, O living and true God, 
for the faith and hope which thou hast made to 
shine upon us through Jesus Christ, who brought 
life and immortality and light. Comfort us, O com- 
passionate Father, for all those whom thou hast 
taken from us unto their eternal home ; that, when 
the time of our own departure draweth nigh, we may 
remember with joy that so many of our near and 
dear ones are already gathered into thy presence 
above. Amen. 



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\ After which shall be repeated by Minister and People 
THE LORD'S PRAYER. 

/^UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those that trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, forever and ever. Amen. 

IThen shall be said the 
BENEDICTION. 

'"PHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love 
of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit 
be with you all evermore. 

IT Or this : 

M OW the God of peace, that brought again from 
the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great 
Shepherd of the sheep, make you perfect in every 
good work to do his will, working in you that which 
is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, 
to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen, 

IT Oj this: 

HP HE peace of God, which passeth understanding, 
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God and of his Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, and the blessing of Almighty God be with 
you, and abide among you forever. Amen. 



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FIRST SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm I. 

T3LESSED is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in 
his law doth he meditate day and night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers 
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; 
his leaf also shall not wither ; and whatsoever he 
doeth shall prosper. 

The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff 
which the wind driveth away. 

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judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 



ORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! 



many are they that rise up against me. 
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no 
help for him in God. 

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, 
and the lifter up of mine head. 

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard 
me out of his holy hill. 

I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the 
Lord sustained me. 

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing 
is upon thy people. 



T T EAR me when I call, O God of my righteous- 
ness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in 
distress ; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 

Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is 
godly for himself : the Lord will hear when I call 
unto him. 

Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your 
own heart upon your bed, and be still. 



Psalm III. 




Psalm IV. 



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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your 
trust in the Lord. 

There be many that say, Who will show us any 
good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy counte- 
nance upon us. 

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for 
thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 



IVE ear to my words, O Lord ; consider my 



meditation. 

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and 
my God : for unto thee will I pray. 

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; 
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, 
and will look up. 

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in 
wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the 
multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I wor- 
ship toward thy holy temple. 

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness ; make thy 
way straight before my face. 

Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice : 
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest 
them : let them also that love thy name be joyful 
in thee. 

For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; with 
favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 



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II. 

Psalm VII. 

LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust : 
save me and deliver me. 
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an 
end; but establish the just: for the righteous God 
trieth the hearts. 

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright 
in heart. 

I will praise the Lord according to his righteous- 
ness : and will sing praise to the name of the Lord 
most high. 

Psalm VIII. 

^\ LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in 
all the earth ! who hast set thy glory above the 
heavens. 

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast 
thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, 
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

When I consider thy heavens the work of thy 
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast 
ordained ; 

What is man that thou art mindful of him ? and 
the son of man that thou visitest him ? 

For thou hast made him a little lower than the 
angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. 



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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works 
of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : 

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the 
field ; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the 
seas. 

0 Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all 
the earth ! 

SECOND SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm IX. 

T WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole 
heart ; I will show forth all thy marvellous 
works. 

1 will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing 
praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 

The Lord shall endure for ever : he hath prepared 
his throne for judgment. 

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he 
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, 
a refuge in times of trouble. 

And they that know thy name will put their trust 
in thee : for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that 
seek thee. 

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declare among the people his aoings. He forgetteth 
not the cry of the humble. 

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trou- 
ble, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death : 

That I may shew forth all thy praise : in the gates 
of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the 
expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 

Psalm X. 

WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why 
hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ? 
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor : 
let them be taken in the devices that they have 
imagined. 

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God : God is not in all his 
thoughts. 

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten : he 
hideth his face ; he will never see it. 

Arise, O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand : forget 
not the humble. 

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he 
hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 

The poor committeth himself unto thee ; thou art 
the helper of the fatherless. 



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2 4 I 



Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : 
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 
ear to hear : 

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that 
the man of the earth may no more oppress. 

Psalm XL 

T N the Lord put I my trust : how say ye to my 
soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain ? 

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the 
righteous do ? 

The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne 
is in heaven : his eyes behold the children of men. 

For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness ; his 
countenance doth behold the upright. 



II. 

Psalm XII. 

T I ELP, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the 
faithful fail from among the children of men. 

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of 
the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord. 

The words of the Lord are pure words : as silver 
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt pre- 
serve them for ever. 



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Psalm XIII. 

TJ OW long shall I take counsel in my soul, 
having sorrow in my heart daily ? 

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God : lighten 
mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. 

I have trusted in thy mercy ; my heart shall 
rejoice in thy salvation. 

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt 
bountifully with me. 

Psalm XIV. 

'THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God; 

they are corrupt, they have done abominable 
works. 

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? 
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call 
not upon the Lord. 

There were they in great fear : for God is in the 
generation of the righteous. 

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because 
the Lord is his refuge. 

Psalm XV. 

T ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who 
^ shall dwell in thy holy hill? 

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteous- 
ness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth 
evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against 
his neighbor. 



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He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth 
not. He that doeth these things shall never be 
moved. 



THIRD SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XVI. 

PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee do I put my 
* trust. 

Oh, my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art 
my Lord. 

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and 
of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 

The lines are fallen unto me In pleasant places ; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel. 
I have set the Lord always before me : because he 
is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : 
my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, 
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. 

Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy pres- 
ence is fulness of joy. At thy right hand there are 
pleasures fcr evermore. 



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Psalm XVII 

TT EAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry ; 

give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out 
of feigned lips. 

Thou hast proved mine heart ; I am purposed that 
my mouth shall not transgress. 

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy 
lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps 
slip not. 

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O 
God : incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 

Show thy marvellous loving kindness, O thou that 
savest by thy right hand them which put their trust 
in thee. 

Keep me as the apple of the eye ; hide me under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

Arise, O Lord, deliver my soul from the wicked, 
which is thy sword : 

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men 
of the world, which have their portion in this life. 

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteous- 
ness: I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy 
likeness. 



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II 

Psalm XVIII. 

T WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will 
trust. 

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be 
praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the 
floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 

The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the 
snares of death prevented me. 

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice, and my cry came 
before him. 

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out 
of many waters. 

He brought me^forth also into a large place ; he 
delivered me, because he delighted in me. 

For all his judgments were before me, and I did 
not put away his statutes from me. 

Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me accord- 
ing to mv righteousness, accordins: to the cleanness 
of my hands in his eyesight. 

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merci- 
ful ; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself up- 
right ; with the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; 
and with the fro ward thou wilt show thyself froward. 



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For thou wilt light my candle : the Lord my God 
will enlighten my darkness. 

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the 
Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust 
in him. 

For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock 
save our God ? 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and mak- 
eth my way perfect. 

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salva- 
tion : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and 
thy gentleness hath made me great. 

The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; and 
let the God of my salvation be exalted. 

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, 
and sing praises unto thy name. 



HE heavens declare the glory of God; and the 



firmament sheweth his handywork. 
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto 
night sheweth knowledge. 

There is no speech nor language ; their voice is 
not heard. 



FOURTH SELECTION. 



I. 



Psalm XIX. 




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M7 



Their line is gone out through all the earth, and 
their words to the end of the world. In them hath 
he set a tabernacle for the sun, 

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his cham- 
ber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, 
and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is 
nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making 
wise the simple. 

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, en- 
lightening the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous 
altogether. 

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the 
honeycomb. 

Moreover by them is thy servant warned : and in 
keeping of them there is great reward. 

Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then 
shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the 
great transgression. 

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of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength, and my redeemer. 

Psalm XXIII. 

''"PHE Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. He 
maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he 
leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art 
with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the 
days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lord for ever. 

Psalm XXIV. 

/ T > HE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and estab- 
lished it upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or 
who shall stand in his holy place ? 

He that bath clean hands, and a pure heart; 

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor 
sworn deceitfully. 

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 



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Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lifted 
up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? The Lord strong and 
mighty. The Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, 
ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall 
come in. 

Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, 
he is the King of glory. 



II. 

Psalm XXV. 

T T NTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O my 
God, I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed. 

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let 
them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 

Show me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art 
the God of my salvation. 

Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my 
transgressions: according to thy mercy remember 
thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 

Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he 
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The meek will he guide in judgment: and the 
meek will he teach his way. 

AH the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth 
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine in- 
iquity ; for it is great. 

What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall 
he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall 
inherit the earth. 

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him ; and he will show them his covenant. 

Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; for he shall 
pluck my feet out of the net. 

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for 
I am desolate and afflicted. 

The troubles of my heart are enlarged : Oh bring 
thou me out of my distresses. 

Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and 
forgive all my sins. 

O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be 
ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; fori 
wait on thee. 

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 



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FIFTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXVI. 

JUDGE me, O Lord ; for I have walked in mine 
integrity : I have trusted also in the Lord ; 
therefore I shall not slide. 

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; for thy lov- 
ing-kindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked 
in thy truth. 

I will wash mine hands in innocency : so will I 
compass thine altar, O Lord : 

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, 
and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, 
and the place where thine honor dwelleth. 

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 
bloody men : 

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand 
is full of bribes. 

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity : re- 
deem me, and be merciful unto me. 

Psalm XXVII. 

HP HE Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom 
shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my 
life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

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heart shall not fear : though war should rise against 
me, in this will I be confident. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I 
seek after : that I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty 
of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his 
pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he 
hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices 
of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the 
Lord. 

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart 
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

Hide not thy face far from me ; thou hast been 
my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God 
of my salvation. 

When my father and my mother forsake me, then 
the Lord will take me up. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain 
path, because of mine enemies. 

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 

Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the 
Lord. 



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Psalm XXVIII. 

T T NTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be not 
silent to me. 

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry 
unto thee. 

Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the 
voice of my supplications. 

The Lord is my strength and my shield ; my heart 
trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore my heart 
greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I praise 
him. 

The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving 
strength of his anointed. 

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : feed 
them also, and lift them up for ever. 



II. 

Psalm XXIX. 

IVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the 
Lord glory and strength. 
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; 
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the 
God of glory thundereth : the Lord is upon many 
waters. 

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of 
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The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; yea, the Lord 
sitteth King for ever. 

The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the 
Lord will bless his people with peace. 

Psalm XXX. 

T WILL extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted 
me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice 
over me. 

0 Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast 
healed me. 

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give 
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

In his favor is life : weeping may endure for a 
night, but joy cometh in the morning. 

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 

Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain 
to stand strong : thou didst hide thy face, and I was 
troubled. 

1 cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I 
made supplication. 

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, 
be thou my helper. 

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into danc- 
ing : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
with gladness. 

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for 
ever. 



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SIXTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXI. 

T N thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never 
be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness. 
Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : 
be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to 
save me. 

For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore 
for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. 

Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast 
redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou 
hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my 
soul in adversities. 

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am m trouble. 
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with 
sighing. 

But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art 
my God. My times are in thy hand. 

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save me 
for thy mercies' sake. 

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast 
laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast 
wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons 
of men ! 

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ence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them 
secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 

Blessed be the Lord : for he hath shewed me his 
marvellous kindness in a strong city. 

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before 
thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of 
my supplications when I cried unto thee 

Oh, love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord 
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the 
proud doer. 

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 
heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. 

Psalm XXXII. 

"OLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, 
whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth 
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine in- 
iquity have I not hid. 

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the 
Lord ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto 
thee in a time when thou mayest be found. 

Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not 
come nigh unto him. 

Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me 
from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with 
songs of deliverance. 



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I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way 
which thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye. 

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that 
trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: 
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 



II. 

Psalm XXXIII. 

T3 EJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for praise 
is comely for the upright. 

For the word of the Lord is right ; and all his 
works are done in truth. 

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth 
is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as 
a heap : he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabi- 
tants of the world stand in awe of him. 

For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, 
and it stood fast. 

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

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and the people whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. 

The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all 
the sons of men. 

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon 
all the inhabitants of the earth. 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that 
fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy ; 

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep 
them alive in famine. 

Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and 
our shield. 

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we 
have trusted in his holy name. 

Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as 
we hope in thee. 



SEVENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXIV. 

T WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise 
shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the 
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his 
name together. 



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I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and deliv- 
ered me from all my fears. 

They looked unto him, and were lightened : and 
their faces were not ashamed. 

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and 
saved him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is 
the man that trusteth in him. 

Oh, fear the Lord, ye his saints : for there is no 
want to them that fear him. 

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but 
they that seek the Lord shall not want any good 
thing. 

Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach 
you the fear of the Lord. 

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth 
many days, that he may see good ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and 
his ears are open unto their cry. 

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and de- 
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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the 
Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : and 
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 

Psalm XXXVI. 

'THY mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy 
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; 
thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou 
preservest man and beast. 

How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! 
therefore the children of men put their trust under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

They shall be abundantly satisfied ; and thou shalt 
make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 

For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light 
shall we see light. 

Oh, continue thy loving-kindness unto them that 
know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in 
heart. 

II. 

Psalm XXXVII. 

T^RET not thyself because of evil doers, neither 
be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 



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Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 

Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall 
give thee the desires of thine heart. 

Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in 
him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 
light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret 
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his 
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked de- 
vices to pass. 

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : fret not 
thyself in any wise to do evil. 

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: 
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 
shall not be. 

But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall 
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

A little that a righteous man hath is better than 
the riches of many wicked. 

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright : and 
their inheritance shall be for ever. 

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and 
in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : but 
the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : 
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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : 
for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 

I have been young, and now am old ; yet have 
I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed 
begging bread. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for 
evermore. 

For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not 
his saints ; they are preserved for ever. 

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell 
therein for ever. 

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and 
his tongue talketh of judgment. 

The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his 
steps shall slide. 

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spread- 
ing himself like a green bay tree. 

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I 
sought him, but he could not be found. 

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
for the end of that man is peace. 

The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord : he 
is their strength in the time of trouble. 

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them : 
he shall save them, because they trust in him. 



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EIGHTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XXXVIII. 

TV /[ INE iniquities are gone over mine head : as 
a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 

I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go 
mourning all the day long. 

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groan- 
ing is not hid from thee. 

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for 
the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 

In thee, O Lord, do I hope : thou wilt hear, O 
Lord my God. 

I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually 
before me. 

For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry 
for my sin. 

They also that render evil for good are mine ad- 
versaries ; because I follow the thing that good is. 

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far 
from me. 

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. 

Psalm XXXIX. 

T SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin 
not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with 
a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 



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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even 
from good ; and my sorrow was stirred. 

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing 
the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue. 

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meas- 
ure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how 
frail I am. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand- 
breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : 
verily every man at his best state is altogether 
vanity. 

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely 
they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, 
and knoweth not who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in 
thee. 

Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me 
not the reproach of the foolish. 

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. 

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for 
iniquity j thou makest his beauty to consume away 
like a moth : surely every man is vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my 
cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a 
stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

Oh, spare me, that I may recover strength, before I 
go hence, and be no more. 



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II. 

Psalm XL. 

T WAITED patiently for the Lord ; and he in- 
clined unto me, and heard my cry. 

He brought me up also out of the miry clay, and 
set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even 
praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear, 
and shall trust in the Lord. 

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his 
trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn 
aside to lies. 

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works 
which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are 
to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order 
unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them, 
they are more than can be numbered. 

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine 
ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin offer- 
ing hast thou not required. 

Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the 
book it is written of me, 

I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law 
is within my heart. 

I have preached righteousness in the great con- 
gregation : lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, 
thou knowest. 



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I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; 
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: 
I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy 
truth from the great congregation. 

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, 
O Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth con- 
tinually preserve me. 

For innumerable evils have compassed me about : 
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I 
am not able to look up ; therefore my heart faileth 
me. 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
The Lord be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh 
upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make 
no tarrying, O my God. 



NINTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XLI.' 

T3LESSED is he that considereth the poor: the 
Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive ; 
and he shall be blessed upon the earth. 

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of 



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267 



languishing : thou wilt make all his bed in his sick- 
ness. 

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me : heal my soul ; 
for I have sinned against thee. 

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise 
me up. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlast- 
ing, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 

Psalm XLII. 

A S the hart panteth after the water brooks, so 
panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 
when shall I come and appear before God ? 

My tears have been my meat day and night, while 
they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ? 

When I remember these things, I pour out my 
soul in me : 

For I had gone with the multitude, I went with 
them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and 
praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I 
shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water- 
spouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over 
me. 

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the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with 
me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted within me? 

Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who 
is the health of my countenance, and my God. 

Psalm XLIII. 

JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause : for thou 
art the God of my strength. 
Oh, send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead 
me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to 
thy tabernacles. 

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God 
my exceeding joy : 

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my 
God. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art 
thou disquieted within me ? 

Hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is 
the health of my countenance, and my God. 



II. 

Psalm XLVI. 

OD is our refuge and strength, a very present 
* help in trouble. 

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be 



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269 



removed, and though the mountains be carried into 
the midst of the sea ; 

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, 
though the mountains shake with the swelling 
thereof. 

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make 
glad the city of God, the holy place of the taber- 
nacles of the Most High. 

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be 
moved : God shall help her, and that right early. 

The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is 
our refuge. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord, what deso- 
lations he hath made in the earth. 

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the 
earth ; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear 
in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 

Be still, and know that I am God : I will be ex- 
alted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the 
earth. 

The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob 
is our refuge. 



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TENTH SELECTION. 



I, 



Psalm XLVIIT. 



REAT is the Lord, and greatly to be praised 



in the city of our God, in the mountain of his 
holiness. 

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, 
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of 
the great King. 

We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, 
in the midst of thy temple. 

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise 
unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of 
righteousness. 

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of 
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 

Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell 
the towers thereof. 

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces ; 
that ye may tell it to the generation following. 

For God is our God for ever and ever : he will be 
our guide even unto death. 

Psalm XLIX. 

T T EAR this, all ye people ; give ear, all ye in- 
habitants of the world : 
Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 




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My mouth shall speak of wisdom ; and the medi- 
tation of my heart shall be of understanding. 

They that trust in their wealth, and boast them- 
selves in the multitude of their riches ; 

None of them can by any means redeem his 
brother, nor give to God a ransom for him : 

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall 
continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all 
generations ; they call their lands after their own 
names. 

Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not : he 
is like the beasts that perish. 

But God will redeem my soul from the power of 
the grave : for he shall receive me. 

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when 
the glory of his house is increased ; 

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : 
his glory shall not descend after him. 

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and 
men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thy- 
self), he shall go to the generation of his fathers. 

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is 
like the beasts that perish. 



HE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, 



and called the earth from the rising of the 
sun unto the going down thereof. 



II. 



Psalm L. 




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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath 
shined. 

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. 

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to 
the earth, that he may judge his people. 

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ; 
for God is judge himself. 

Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; O Israel, 
and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy 
God. 

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy 
burnt offerings continually before me. 

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the 
world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

Offer unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows 
unto the Most High : 

And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will 
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou 
to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest 
take my covenant in thy mouth ? 

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my 
words behind thee. 

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue 
frameth deceit. 

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; 
thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: 
thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself; 



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but I will reprove thee,- and set them in order be- 
fore thine eyes. 

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me : and to him 
that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the 
salvation of God. 

ELEVENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LI. 

T_T AVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy 
loving-kindness : according unto the multitude 
of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my 
sin is ever before me. 

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight. 

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 
wisdom. 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : wash 
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones 
which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. 



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Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and 
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

O Lord, open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall 
show forth thy praise. 

For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give 
it : thou delightest not in burnt offering. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 



IVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and hide not 



thyself from my supplication. 
Attend unto me, and hear me : I mourn in my 
complaint. 

My heart is sore pained within me : and the ter- 
rors of death are fallen upon me. 

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and 
horror hath overwhelmed me. 

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove : for 
then would I fly away, and be at rest. 

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the 
wilderness. 

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm 
and tempest. 



Psalm LV. 




ELEVENTH SELECTION 



As for me, I will call upon God ; and the Lord 
shall save me. 

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, 
and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice. 

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the 
battle that was against me: for there were many 
with me. 

God shall hear, even he that abideth of old. Be- 
cause they have no changes, therefore they fear not 
God. 

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus- 
tain thee : he shall never surfer the righteous to be 
moved. 

II. 

Psalm LVI. 

T)E merciful unto me, O God: for they be many 
that fight against me, O thou Most High. 

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put 
my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies 
turn back : this I know ; for God is for me. 

In God will I praise his word : in God have I put 
my trust : I will not be afraid what man can do unto 
me. 

For thou hast delivered my soul from death : wilt 
not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may 
walk before God in the light of the living ? 



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Psalm LVII. 

DE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto 
me : for my soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the 
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until 
these calamities be overpast. 

I will cry unto God most high ; unto God that per- 
formeth all things for me. 

He shall send from heaven, and save me. God 
shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; let 
thy glory be above all the earth. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will 
sing and give praise. 

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : I 
will sing unto thee among the nations. 

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy 
truth unto the clouds. 

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let 
thy glory be above all the earth. 

TWELFTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LXI. 

T T EAR my cry, O God ; attend unto my prayer : 
from the end of the earth will I cry unto 
thee, when my heart is overwhelmed. 
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For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong 
tower from the enemy. 

I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will trust 
in the covert of thy wings. 

For thou. O God, hast heard my vows : thou hast 
given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I 
may daily perform my vows. 



RULY my soul waiteth upon God : from him 



cometh my salvation. 
He only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my 
defence ; I shall not be greatly moved. 

My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my expec- 
tation is from him. 

He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my 
defence ; I shall not be moved. 

In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of 
my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 

Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out 
your heart before him : God is a refuge for us. 

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in 
robbery. 

If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 

God hath spoken once ; twice have I heard this ; 
that power belongeth unto God. 

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : for 
thou renderest to every man according to his work. 



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Psalm LXIII. 

/^V GOD, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth 
for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen 
thee in the sanctuary. 

Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my 
lips shall praise thee. 

Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up 
my hands in thy name. 

My soul shall be satisfied ; and my mouth shall 
praise thee with joyful lips : 

When I remember thee upon my bed, and medi- 
tate on thee in the night watches. 

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the 
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

My soul followeth hard after thee : thy right hand 
upholdeth me. 



II. 

Psalm LXV. 

pRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion : and 
unto thee shall the vow be performed. 
Oh, thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. 

Iniquities prevail against me : as for our trans- 
gressions, thou shalt purge them away. 



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Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and 
causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in 
thy courts. 

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy 
house, even of thy holy temple. 

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou 
answer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the con- 
fidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that 
are afar off upon the sea : 

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; 
being girded with power : 

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of 
their waves, and the tumult of the people. 

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are 
afraid at thy tokens : thou makest the outgoings of 
the morning and evening to rejoice. 

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou 
greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is 
full of water : thou preparest them corn, when thou 
hast so provided for it. 

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : 
thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it 
soft with showers : thou blessest the springing 
thereof. 

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and 
thy paths drop fatness. 

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : 
and the little hills rejoice on every side. 

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also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, 
they also sing. 

THIRTEENTH SELECTION. 

I. 

Psalm LXVI. 

"IV /T AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 
sing forth the honor of his name : make his 
praise glorious. 

All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing 
unto thee ; they shall sing to thy name. 

He ruleth by his power for ever ; his eyes behold 
the nations : let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 

Oh, bless our God, ye people, and make the voice 
of his praise to be heard : 

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not 
our feet to be moved. 

For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou hast tried 
us, as silver is tried. 

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
declare what he hath done for my soul. 

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was 
extolled with my tongue. 

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not 
hear me : but verily God hath heard me ; he hath 
attended to the voice of my prayer. 

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my 
prayer, nor his mercy from me. 



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Psalm LXVII. 

OD be merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause 
his face to shine upon us ; that thy way may 
be known upon earth, thy saving health among all 
nations. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the 
people praise thee. 

Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for 
thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern 
the nations upon earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and God, 
even our own God, shall bless us. 

God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth 
shall fear him. 

IT. 

Psalm LXVIII. 

T ET the righteous be glad; let them rejoice be- 
fore God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name : 

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the 
widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

God setteth the solitary in families : he bringeth 
out those which are bound with chains. 

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain; thou 
didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 



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Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou, O 
God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 

The Lord gave the word : great was the company 
of those that published it. 

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captiv- 
ity captive : thou hast received gifts for men. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with 
benefits, even the God of our salvation. 

He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and 
unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth ; O sing 
praises unto the Lord ; 

The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and 
power unto his people. Blessed be God. 



Psalm LXX. 

T\ /TAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste 
to help me, O Lord. 

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in 
thee : and let such as love thy salvation say continu- 
ally, Let God be magnified. 

But I am poor and needy ; make haste unto me, 
O God. 

Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make 
no tarrying. 



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FOURTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LXXI. 

T N thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : let me never 
be put to confusion. 

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to 
escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may 
continually resort : thou hast given commandment 
to save me ; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 

For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my 
trust from my youth. 

I am as a wonder unto many ; but thou art my 
strong refuge. 

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with 
thy honor all the day. 

Cast me not off in the time of old age ; forsake 
me not when my strength faileth. 

0 God, be not far from me : O my God, make 
haste for my help. 

1 will hope continually, and will yet praise thee 
more and more. 

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and 
thy salvation all the day. 



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I will go in the strength of the Lord God : I 
will make mention of thy righteousness, even of 
thine only. 

0 God, thou hast taught me from my youth : and 
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 

Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, 
forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power to every one 
that is to come. 

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who 
hast done great things : O God, who is like unto 
thee ! 

Thou, which hast showed me great and sore 
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring 
me up again from the depths of the earth. 

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me 
on every side. 

1 will also praise thy truth, O my God : unto thee 
will I sing, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto 
thee ; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 



Psalm LXXIII. 

RULY God is good to Israel, even to such as 



are of a clean heart. 
But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my 
steps had well nigh slipped. 




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For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the 
prosperity of the wicked. 

For there are no bands in their death : but their 
strength is firm. 

They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are 
they plagued like other men. 

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a 
chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 

And they say, How doth God know ? and is there 
knowledge in the Most High ? 

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the 
world ; they increase in riches. 

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and 
washed my hands in i-nnocency. 

For all the day long have I been plagued, and 
chastened every morning. 

When I thought to know this, it was too painful 
for me ; 

Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then 
understood I their end. 

Nevertheless I am continually with thee : thou 
hast holden me by my right hand. 

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after- 
ward receive me to glory. 

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is 
none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 

My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the 
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 

For, lo, they that are far from me shall perish. 



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But it is good for me to draw near to God : I have 
put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all 
thy works. 



II. 

Psalm LXXVII. 

T CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God 
with my voice ; and he gave ear unto me. 

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my 
soul refused to be comforted. 

I remembered God, and was troubled : I com- 
plained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. 

Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled 
that I cannot speak. 

I have considered the days of old, the years of 
ancient times. 

I call to remembrance my song in the night : I 
commune with mine own heart : and my spirit made 
diligent search. 

Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be 
favorable no more ? 

Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise 
fail for evermore ? 

Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in 
anger shut up his tender mercies ? 

And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will re- 



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287 



member the years of the right hand of the Most 
High. 

I will remember the works of the Lord : surely I 
will remember thy wonders of old. 

I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of 
thy doings. 

Thou art the God that doest wonders : thou hast 
declared thy strength among the people. 

Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great 
waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 



FIFTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LXXVIII. 

IVE ear, O my people, to my law : incline your 
ears to the words of my mouth. 
I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter 
dark sayings of old : 

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers 
have told us. 

We will not hide them from their children, showing 
to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, 
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he 
hath done. 



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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and ap- 
pointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our 
fathers, that they should make them known to their 
children : 

That the generation to come might know them, 
even the children which should be born ; who should 
arise and declare them to their children : 

That they might set their hope in God, and not 
forget the works of God, but keep his command- 
ments : 

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and 
rebellious generation ; a generation that set not 
their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stead- 
fast with God. 

Psalm LXXIX. 

/^VH, remember not against us former iniquities : 
let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us ; 
for we are brought very low. 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of 
thy name : and deliver us, and purge away our sins, 
for thy name's sake. 

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; 
according to the greatness of thy power preserve 
thou those that are apppointed to die ; 

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will 
give thee thanks for ever : we will shew forth thy 
praise to all generations. 



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Psalm LXXXIV. 

T T OW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
° hosts ! 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts 
of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for 
the living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the 
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her 
young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, 
and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they 
will be still praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; 

In whose heart are the ways of them who passing 
through the valley of weeping make it a well. 

They go from strength to strength, every one of 
them in Zion appeareth before God. 

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : give ear, 

0 God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face 
of thine anointed. 

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 

1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord 
will give grace and glory : no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk uprightly. 



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0 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth 
in thee. 

II. 

Psalm LXXXY. 

T ORD, thou hast been favorable unto thy land ; 

thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people ; 
thou hast covered all their sin. 

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people 
may rejoice in thee ? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 
and grant us thy salvation. 

1 will hear what God the Lord will speak : for he 
will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints : 
but let them not turn again to folly. 

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; 
that glory may dwell in our land. 

Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and right- 
eousness shall look down from heaven. 

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and 
our land shall yield her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him ; and shall set 
us in the way of his steps. 



Psalm LXXXVI. 

OW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me : for I am 
poor and needy. 



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Preserve my soul ; O thou my God, save thy ser- 
vant that trusteth in thee. 

Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee 
daily. 

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O 
Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; 
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend to 
the voice of my supplications. 

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee : 
for thou wilt answer me. 

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy 
name. 

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : 
thou art God alone. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy 
truth : unite my heart to fear thy name. 

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my 
heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 

For great is thy mercy toward me ; thou hast de- 
livered my soul. 

Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and 
gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. 

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thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of 
thine handmaid. 

SIXTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm LXXXIX. 

T WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever : 
with my mouth will I make known thy faithful- 
ness to all generations. 

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever : 
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very 
heavens. 

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O 
Lord : thy faithfulness also in the congregation of 
the saints. 

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the 
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that 
are about him. 

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like 
unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 

Thou rulest the raging of the sea : when the 
waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : as 
for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast 
founded them. 

The north and the south thou hast created them : 
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 



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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : 
they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in 
thy righteousness shall they be exalted ; for thou art 
the glory of their strength. 

The Lord is our defence. Blessed be the Lord 
for evermore. Amen, and Amen, 

Psalm XC. 

T ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all 
generations. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even 
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes- 
terday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 

Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are 
as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which 
groweth up. 

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in 
the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our 
secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 

The days of our years are threescore years and 
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years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; for it 
is soon cut off, and we fly away. 

So teach us to number our days, that we may 
apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may 
rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou 
hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have 
seen evil. 

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy 
glory unto their children. 

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 
us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon 
us ; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 



II. 

Psalm XCI. 

T T E that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
High shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my 
fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the 
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under 
his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy 
shield and buckler. 



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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; 
nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; 
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand 
at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. 

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my 
refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation ; 

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any 
plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to 
keep thee in all thy ways. 

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore 
will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because 
he hath known my name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I 
will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and 
honor him. 

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him 
my salvation. 



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SEVENTEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm XCII. 

T T is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most 
High: 

To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, 
and thy faithfulness every night. 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy 
work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 

O Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy 
thoughts are very deep. 

A brutish man knoweth not ; neither doth a fool 
understand this. 

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he 
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord 
shall flourish in the courts of our God ; they shall 
still bring forth fruit in old age ; 

To shew that the Lord is upright : he is my rock, 
and there is no unrighteousness in him. 

Psalm XCIII. 

HPHE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; 

the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith 
he hath girded himself. 



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The world also is stablished, that it cannot be 
moved. 

Thy throne is established of old : thou art from 
everlasting. 

The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have 
lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. 

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of 
many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. 

Thy testimonies are very sure : holiness becometh 
thine house, O Lord, for ever. 



ORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall 



the wicked triumph ? 
How long shall they utter and speak hard things ? 
and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves ? 

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and 
afflict thine heritage. 

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder 
the fatherless. 

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither 
shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

Understand, ye brutish among the people : and ye 
fools, when will ye be wise ? 

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he 
that formed the eye, shall he not see ? He that 
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ? 



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Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O 
Lord, and teachest him out of thy law ; 

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of 
adversity. 

For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither 
will he forsake his inheritance. 

But judgment shall return unto righteousness : 
and all the upright in heart shall follow it. 

Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? 
or who will stand up for me against the workers of 
iniquity ? 

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had 
almost dwelt in silence. 

When I said, My foot slippeth, thy mercy, O 
Lord, held me up. 

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy 
comforts delight my soul. 

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with 
thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 

They gather themselves together against the soul 
of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 

But the Lord is my defence ; and my God is the 
rock of my refuge. 



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EIGHTEENTH SELECTION. 



I. 



Psalm XCV. 



COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make 



^~ > ^ a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv- 
ing, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 

In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the 
strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands 
formed the dry land. 

Oh, come, let us worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 

For he is our God; and we are the people of his 
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 



H, sing unto the Lord a new song : sing unto 



the Lord, all the earth. 
Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; shew forth 
his salvation from day to day. 

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders 
among all people. 

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. 
Honor and majesty are before him : strength and 
beauty are in his sanctuary. 




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Give unto the Lord, Oh ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : 
bring an offering, and come into his courts. 

Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : 
fear before him, all the earth. 

Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth : 
the world also shall be established that it shall not 
be moved : he shall judge the people righteously. 

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; 
let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : 
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before 
the Lord : 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: 
he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the 
people with his truth. 



HE Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; let the 



multitude of isles be glad thereof. 
Clouds and darkness are round about him : right- 
eousness and judgment are the habitation of his 
throne. 

His lightnings enlightened the world : the earth 
saw, and trembled. 

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the 
Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole 
earth. 



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The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the 
people see his glory. 

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he preserveth 
the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out of 
the hand of the wicked. 

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for 
the upright in heart. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous ; and give 
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

II. 

Psalm XCVIII. 

/^\H, sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath 
done marvellous things : his right hand, and 
his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 

The Lord hath made known his salvation : his 
righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of 
the heathen. 

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth 
toward the house of Israel. 

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation 
of our God. 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth : 
make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof ; the 
world, and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be 
joyful together before the Lord. 



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For he cometh to judge the earth: with righteous- 
ness shall he judge the world, and the people with 
equity. 



HE Lord reigneth ; and he is high above all the 



people. 

Let them praise thy great and terrible name ; for 
it is holy. 

Thou dost establish equity, thou executest judg- 
ment and righteousness. 

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his 
footstool ; for he is holy. 

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel 
among them that call upon his name ; they called 
upon the Lord, and he answered them. 

They kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that 
he gave them. 

Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God : thou 
wast a God that forgavest them, though thou took- 
est vengeance of their inventions. 

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship ..at his holy 
hill ; for the Lord our God is holy. 



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NINETEENTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm C. 

A /TAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands : 
serve the Lord with gladness : come before 
his presence with singing. 

Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his 
people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into 
his courts with praise. Be thankful unto him, and 
bless his name. 

For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endureth to all generations. 

Psalm CI. 

T WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, 
O Lord, will I sing. 

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, 
when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within 
my house with a perfect heart. 

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I 
hate the work of them that turn aside ; it shall not 
cleave to me. 

A froward heart shall depart from me : I will 
know no evil thing. 

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him that hath a high look and a proud heart will 
not I suffer. 

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land 
that they may dwell with me : 

He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve 
me. 

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my 
house. He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my 
sight. 

Psalm CII. 

O EAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come 
unto thee. 

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am 
in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : in the day 
when I call answer me speedily. 

My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I 
am withered like grass. 

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever ; and thy 
remembrance unto all generations. 

When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall ap- 
pear in his glory. 

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not 
despise their prayer. 

This shall be written for the generation to come : 
and the people which shall be created shall praise 
the Lord. 

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sanctuary ; from heaven did the Lord behold . the 
earth ; 

To hear the groaning of the prisoner ; to loose 
those that are appointed to death ; 

He weakened my strength in the way ; he short- 
ened my days. 

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst 
of my days : thy years are throughout all genera- 
tions. 

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all 
of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture 
shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. 

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no 
end. 

II. 

Psalm CIII. 

13 LESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is 
within me, bless his holy name. 
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits : 

Who fbrgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth all 
thy diseases ; 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; who 
crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender 
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Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so 
that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment 
for all that are oppressed. 

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, 
and plenteous in mercy. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor re- 
warded us according to our iniquities. 

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so 
great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he 
removed our transgressions from us. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that 
we are dust. 

As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of 
the field, so he flourisheth. 

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and 
the place thereof shall know it no more. 

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 
to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his 
righteousness unto children's children ; 

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that 
remember his commandments to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared his throne in the 
heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 

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strength, that do his commandments, hearkening 
unto the voice of his word. 

Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ministers 
of his, that do his pleasure. 

Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his 
dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. 

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I. 

Psalm CIV. 

13 LESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, 
thou art very great ; thou art clothed with 
honor and majesty: 

Who coverest thyself with light as with a gar- 
ment : who stretchest out the heavens like a cur- 
tain : 

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the 
waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who 
walketh upon the wings of the wind : 

Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a 
flaming fire : 

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
should not be removed for ever. 

Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment: 
the waters stood above the mountains. 

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which 
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They give drink to every beast of the field : the 
wild asses quench their thirst. 

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their 
habitation, which sing among the branches. 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth 
food out of the earth ; 

He appointed the moon for seasons : the sun 
knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness, and it is night : wherein all 
the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek 
their meat from God. 

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 
and lay them down in their dens. 

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor 
until the evening. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom 
hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things 
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 

These wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give 
them their meat in due season. 

That thou givest them they gather : thou openest 
thine hand, they are filled with good. 

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou 
takest away their breath, they die, and return to 
their dust. 



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Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : 
and thou renewest the face of the earth. 

The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever : the 
Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth : he 
toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will 
sing praise to my God while I have my being. 

My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be 
glad in the Lord. 

Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

II. 

Psalm CV. 

/^H, give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his 
name : make known his deeds among the 
people. 

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of 
all his wondrous works. 

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them 
rejoice that seek the Lord. 

Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek his face 
evermore. 

Remember his marvellous works that he hath 
done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. 

He is the Lord our God : his judgments are in all 
the earth. 



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Psalm CVI. 

JDRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the 
Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? Who 
can show forth all his praise ? 

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that 
doeth righteousness at all times. 

Remember me, O Lord, with the favor that thou 
bearest unto thy people : oh, visit me with thy salva- 
tion ; 

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may 
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may 
glory with thine inheritance. 

Blessed be the Lord God from everlasting to ever- 
lasting : and let all the people say, Amen. Praise 
ye the Lord. 



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Psalm CYII. 



/^vH, give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, 
^- > ^ for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he 
hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. 

And gathered them out of the lands from the 
east, and from the west, from the north, and from 
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They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary 
way; they found no city to dwell in. 

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and he delivered them out of their distresses. 

And he led them forth by the right way, that they 
might go to a city of habitation. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men ! 

For he satisfieth the lonsfins: soul, and filleth the 
hungry soul with goodness. 

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of 
death, being bound in affliction and iron ; 

Because they rebelled against the words of God, 
and contemned the counsel of the Most High. 

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor ; 
they fell down, and there was none to help. 

Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
and he saved them out of their distresses. 

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 
of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness and for his wonderful works to the children 
of men ! 

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiv- 
ing, and declare his works with rejoicing. 

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do 
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These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders 
in the deep. 

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, 
which lifteth up the waves thereof. 

They mount up to the heaven, they go down 
again to the depths : their soul is melted because of 
trouble. 

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and 
he bringeth them out of their distresses. 

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he 
bringeth them unto their desired haven. 

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his good- 
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of 
men ! 

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of 
the people, and praise him in the assembly of the 
elders. 

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water- 
springs into dry ground. 

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, 
and dry ground into water-springs. 

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that 
they may prepare a city for habitation ; 

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which 
may yield fruits of increase. 

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied 
greatly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 



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Again, they are minished and brought low through 
oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even 
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the 
Lord. 



Psalm CVIII. 

GOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give 
praise, even with my glory. 

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people : and 
I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 

For thy mercy is great above the heavens : and 
thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 

Be thou exalted; O God. above the heavens : and 
thy glory above all the earth. 

That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy 
right hand, and answer me. God hath spoken in 
his holiness ; I will rejoice. 

Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help 
of man. Through God we shall do valiantly. 

Psalm CIX. 

T_T OLD not thy peace, O God of my praise; 

for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth 
of the deceitful are opened against me : they have 
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They compassed me about also with words of 
hatred ; and fought against me without a cause. 

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and 
hatred for my love. 

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy 
name's sake : because thy mercy is good, deliver 
thou me. 

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded 
within me. 

Help me, O Lord my God : oh, save me according 
to thy mercy : 

That they may know that this is thy hand ; that 
thou, Lord, hast done it. 

Let them curse, but bless thou : when they arise, 
let them be ashamed ; but let thy servant rejoice. 

I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth ; yea, 
I will praise him among the multitude. 

For he shall stand at the right band of the poor, 
to save him from those that condemn his soul. 

Psalm CXI. 

"DRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord 
with my whole heart, in the assembly of the 
upright, and in the congregation. 

The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. 

His work is honorable and glorious : and his right- 
eousness endureth for ever. 



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He hath made his wonderful works to be remem- 
bered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 

The works of his hands are verity and judgment; 
all his commandments are sure. 

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in 
truth and uprightness. 

He sent redemption unto his people : he hath 
commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend 
is his name. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : 
a good understanding have all they that do his com- 
mandments : his praise endureth for ever. 



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I. 

Psalm CXII. 

ORAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that 
feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his 
commandments. 

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the dark- 
ness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and 
righteous. 

A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth : he will 
guide his affairs with discretion. 

Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the right- 
eous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 



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He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart is 
fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid. 

Psalm CXIII. 

pRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of 
the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time 
forth and for evermore. 

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of 
the same the Lord's name is to be praised. 

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory 
above the heavens. 

Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth 
on high, 

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that 
are in heaven and in the earth ! Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CXV. 

TVTOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto the 
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy 
truth's sake. 

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

The Lord hath been mindful of us : he will bless us. 

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small 
and great. 

The Lord increase you more and more, you and 
your children. 



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Blessed are ye of the Lord which made heaven 
and earth. 

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's : 
but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 

We will bless the Lord from this time forth and 
for evermore. Praise the Lord. 



II. 

Psalm CXVI. 

T LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice 
and my supplications. 

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, there- 
fore will I call upon him as long as I live. 

The sorrows of death compassed me : I found 
trouble and sorrow. 

Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord, 
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea, our God 
is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple : I was brought 
low, and he helped me. 

Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; for the Lord 
hath dealt bountifully with thee. 

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine 
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his bene- 
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I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the 
name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of 
his saints. 

0 Lord, truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant, 
and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my 
bonds. 

1 will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all his people, 

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of 
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

Psalm CXVII. 

/^H, praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise 



him, all ye people. 
For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and 
the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye 
the Lord. 




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I. 



Psalm CXVIII. 

H, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good ; 



for his mercy endureth forever. 
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his 



I called upon the Lord in distress : the Lord 
answered me, and set me in a large place. 

The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : what 
can man do unto me ? 

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confi- 
dence in man. 

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confi- 
dence in princes. 

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become 
my salvation. 

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the taber- 
nacles of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord 
doeth valiantly. 

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of 
the Lord. 

The Lord hath chastened me sore : but he hath 
not given me over unto death. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go 
into them, and I will praise the Lord. 




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I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me, and 
art become my salvation. 

The stone which the builders refused is become 
the head-stone of the corner. 

This is the Lord's doing ; it is marvellous in our 
eyes. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord, I be- 
seech thee, send now prosperity. 

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the 
Lord. 

God is the Lord, which hath showed us light. 

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : thou art 
my God, I will exalt thee. 

Oh, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

Psalm CXIX. 

T3LESSED are the undefiled in the way, who 
walk in the law of the Lord. 

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and 
that seek him with the whole heart. 

They also do no iniquity : they walk in his ways. 

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts 
diligently. 

Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy 
statutes ! 



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Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when 
I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 

I will keep thy statutes : oh, forsake me not utterly. 

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? 
by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 

With my whole heart have I sought thee : oh, let 
me not wander from thy commandments. 

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might 
not sin against thee. 

Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. 

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect 
unto thy ways. 

I will delight myself in thy statutes : I will not 
forget thy word. 

II. 

"T^\EAL bountifully with thy servant, that I may 
live, and keep thy word. 

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous 
things out of thy law. 

I am a stranger in the earth : hide not thy com- 
mandments from me. 

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath 
unto thy judgments at all times. 

Remove from me reproach and contempt ; for I 
have kept thy testimonies. 



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Thy testimonies also are my delight and my 
counsellors. 

My soul cleaveth unto tire dust : quicken thou me 
according to thy word. 

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : 
so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 

My soul melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou 
me according unto thy word. 

Remove from me the way of lying : and grant me 
thy law graciously. 

I have chosen the way of truth : thy judgments 
have I laid before me. 

I will run the way of thy commandments, when 
thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

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I. 

Psalm CXIX. (continued). 

'"PEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and 
I shall keep it unto the end. 

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; 
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; 
for therein do I delight. 

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 
covetousness. 

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and 
quicken thou me in thy way. 



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Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted 
to thy fear. 

Turn away my reproach which I fear : for thy 
judgments are good. 

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts : quicken 
me in thy righteousness. 

Let thy mercies come unto me, O Lord, even thy 
salvation, according to thy word. 

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my 
mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and 
ever. 

And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy pre- 
cepts. 

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, 
which I have loved. 

My hands also will I lift up unto thy command- 
ments, which I have loved ; and I will meditate in 
thy statutes. 

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which 
thou hast caused me to hope. 

This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word 
hath quickened me. 

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and 
have comforted myself. 

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of 
my pilgrimage. 

I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the 
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Thou art my portion, O Lord : I have said that I 
would keep thy words. 

I entreated thy favor with my whole heart : be 
merciful unto me according to thy word. 

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto 
thy testimonies. 

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy com- 
mandments. 

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, 
because of thy righteous judgments. 

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and 
of them that keep thy precepts. 

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach me 
thy statutes. 

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I 
have believed thy commandments. 

Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have 
I kept thy word. 

Thou art good, and doest good : teach me thy 
statutes. 

It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that 
I might learn thy statutes. 

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than 
thousands of gold and silver. 



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II. 



HY hands have made me and fashioned me : 



give me understanding, that I may learn thy 
commandments. 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and 
that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my 
comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may 
live : for thy law is my delight. 

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes ; that I be 
not ashamed. 

My soul fainteth for thy salvation : but I hope 
in thy word. 

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt 
thou comfort me ? 

Quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; so shall I 
keep the testimony of thy mouth. 

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. 
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : thou 
hast established the earth, and it abideth. 

They continue this day according to thine ordi- 
nances : for all are thy servants. 

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should 
then have perished in mine affliction. 

I will never forget thy precepts : for with them 
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I am thine, save me ; for I have sought thy pre- 
cepts. 



H how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all 



the day. 

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that 
I might keep thy word. 

I have not departed from thy judgments : for thou 
hast taught me. 

Through thy precepts I get understanding : there- 
fore I hate every false way. 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 
my path. 

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will 
keep thy righteous judgments. 

I am afflicted very much : quicken me, O Lord, 
according unto thy word. 

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of 
my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. 

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for 
ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes 
always, even unto the end. 

I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. 



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Thou art my hiding place and my shield : I hope 



Depart from me, ye evil doers : for I will keep 
the commandments of my God. 

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may 
live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : and I will 
have respect unto thy statutes continually. 

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word 
of thy righteousness. 

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, 
and teach me thy statutes. 

I am thy servant ; give me understanding, that I 
may know thy testimonies. 

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold ; 
yea, above fine gold. 

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all 
things to be right ; and I hate every false way. 



HY testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth 



my soul keep them. 
The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it giveth 
understanding unto the simple. 

Order my steps in thy word : and let not any 
iniquity have dominion over me. 

Deliver me from the oppression of man : so will 
I keep thy precepts. 



in thy word. 



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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and 
teach me thy statutes. 

Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy 
judgments. 

Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in right- 
eousness and very faithfulness. 

Thy word is very pure : therefore thy servant 
loveth it. 

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, 
and thy law is truth. 

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me : yet 
thy commandments are my delight. 

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlast- 
ing : give me understanding, and I shall live. 

I cried with my whole heart ; hear me, O Lord : 
I will keep thy statutes. 

I cried unto thee ; save me, and I shall keep thy 
testimonies. 

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and 
cried : I hoped in thy word. 

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might 
meditate in thy word. 

Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kind- 
ness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judg- 
ment. 

Thou art near, O Lord ; and all thy command- 
ments are truth. 

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old 
that thou hast founded them for ever. 



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I. 



Psalm CXIX. (continued). 



ONSIDER mine affliction, and deliver me : for 



I do not forget thy law. 
Plead my cause, and deliver me : quicken me 
according to thy word. 

Salvation is far from the wicked : for they seek 
not thy statutes. 

Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : quicken 
me according to thy judgments. 

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved ; 
because they kept not thy word. 

Consider how I love thy precepts : quicken me, O 
Lord, according to thy loving-kindness. 

Thy word is true from the beginning : and every 
one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 

Great peace have they which love thy law : and 
nothing shall offend them. 

Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy 
commandments. 

My soul hath kept thy testimonies ; and I love 
them exceedingly. 

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : give 
me understanding according to thy word. 

Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me 
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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught 
me thy statutes. 

My tongue shall speak of thy word : for all thy 
commandments are righteousness. 

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy 
precepts. 

I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord ; and thy 
law is my delight. 

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; and let 
thy judgments help me. 

I have gone astray like a lost sheep : seek thy 
servant ; for I do not forget thy commandments. 

Psalm CXXI. 

T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh from the Lord, which made 
heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum- 
ber nor sleep. 

The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is thy shade 
upon thy right hand. 

The sun shall not smite thee, by day, nor the moon 
by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he 
shall preserve thy soul. 



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The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in from this time forth, and even for ever- 
more. 



T WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go 
into the house of the Lord. 
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusa- 
lem. 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper 
that love thee. 

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within 
thy palaces. 

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will 
now say, Peace be within thee. 

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will 
seek thy good. 



NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that 



w dwellest in the heavens. 

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the 
hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a 
maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes 
wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have 
mercy upon us. 



II. 



Psalm CXXII. 



Psalm CXXIII. 




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Psalm CXXIV. 



T F it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
now may Israel say ; 

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
when men rose up against us : 

Then they had swallowed us up, when their wrath 
was kindled against us : 

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 
had gone over our soul : 

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a 
prey to their teeth. 

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of 
the fowlers : the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
heaven and earth. 



HEY that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount 



Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth 
for ever. 

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so 
the Lord is round about his people from hence- 
forth even for ever. 

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the 



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lot of the righteous ; lest the righteous put forth 
their hands unto iniquity. 

Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to 
them that are upright in their hearts. 

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, 
the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of 
iniquity. 

But peace shall be upon Israel. 

Psalm CXXVI. 

A X fHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of 
Zion, we were like them that dream. 

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our 
tongue with singing : then said they among the 
heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. 

The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof 
we are glad. 

Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams 
in the south. 

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious 
seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bring- 
ing his sheaves with him. 

Psalm CXXVII. 

T^XCEPT the Lord build the house, they labor in 
vain that build it : except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 

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to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his be- 
loved sleep. 

Psalm CXXVIII. 

TDLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; 
that walketh in his ways. 

For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands : happy 
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that 
feareth the Lord. 

Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and 
peace upon Israel. 



II. 

Psalm CXXX. 

/^\UT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O 
^ Lord. 

Lord, hear my voice : let thine ear be attentive 
to the voice of my supplications. 

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, 
who shall stand ? 

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may- 
est be feared. 

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his 
word do I hope. 

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that 
watch for the morning : I say, more than they that 
watch for the morning. 



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Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord 
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 

Psalm CXXXIV. 

DEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of 
the Lord, which by night stand in the house 
of the Lord. 

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the 
Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless 
thee out of Zion. 



TWENTY-EIGHTH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm CXXXV. 

"ORAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the 
Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord. 

Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the 
courts of the house of our God, 

Praise the Lord ; for the Lord is good : sing 
praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in 
heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends 
of the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he 
bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 



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Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy 
memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. 

Psalm CXXXVI. 

/^vH, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
For his mercy endureth for ever. 

Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

To him who alone doeth great wonders : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

To him that by wisdom made the heavens : to 
him that stretched out the earth above the waters : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

To him that made great lights : the sun to rule by 
day : the moon and stars to rule by night: 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

Who remembered us in our low estate: and 
hath redeemed us from our enemies : who giveth 
food to all flesh : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 

Oh, give thanks unto the God of heaven : 

For his mercy endureth for ever. 



II. 

Psalm C XXXVII. 

T)Y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, 
we wept, when we remembered Zion. 



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We hanged our harps upon the willows in the 
midst thereof. 

For there they that carried us away captive re- 
quired of us a song; and they that wasted us required 
of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of 
Zion. 

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange 
land ? 

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand 
forget her cunning. 

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave 
to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem 
above my chief joy. 

Psalm CXXXVIII. 

T WILL praise thee with my whole heart. I will 
praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for 
thy truth, 

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and 
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O 
Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : for 
great is the glory of the Lord. 

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect 
unto the lowly. 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt 
revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand, and 
thy right hand shall save me. 



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The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me ; 
thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : 

Forsake not the works of thine own hands. 



LORD, thou hast searched me, and known 



me : Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
uprising ; thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
and art acquainted with all my ways. 

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O 
Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid 
thine hand upon me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is 
high, I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither 
shall I flee from thy presence ? 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I 
make my bed in the grave, behold, thou art there. 

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in 
the uttermost parts of the sea ; 

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. 



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Psalm CXXXIX. 




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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even 
the night shall be light about me. 

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the 
night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light 
are both alike to thee. 

I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder- 
fully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that my 
soul knoweth right well. 

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O 
God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

If I should count them, they are more in number 
than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. 

Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, 
and know my thoughts : 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 
lead me in the way everlasting. 

Psalm CXL. 

T SAID unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear 
the voice of my supplications, O Lord. 

0 God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, 
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 

1 know that the Lord will maintain the cause of 
the afflicted, and the right of the poor. 

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy 
name : the upright shall dwell in thy presence. 



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II. 

Psalm CXLI. 

T ORD, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; 

J give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. 

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; 
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sac- 
rifice. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the 
door of my lips. 

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise 
wicked works with men that work iniquity. 

Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kind- 
ness : and let him reprove me. 

Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord : in thee 
is my trust ; leave not my soul destitute. 

Psalm CXLII. 

T CRIED unto the Lord with my voice ; with my 
voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 

I poured out my complaint before him ; I showed 
before him my trouble. 

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then 
thou knewest my path. 

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there 
was no man that would know me : refuge failed me ; 
no man cared for my soul. 

I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my 
refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 



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Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy 
name : the righteous shall compass me about ; for 
thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 

THIRTIETH SELECTION. 
I. 

Psalm CXLIII. 

TJ EAR my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my sup- 
plications : in thy faithfulness answer me, and 
in thy righteousness. 

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: 
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; 
my heart within me is desolate. 

I remember the days of old ; I meditate on all thy 
works ; I muse on the work of thy hands. 

I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirst- 
eth after thee, as a thirsty land. 

Hear me speedily, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : hide 
not thy face from me. 

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morn- 
ing ; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the 
way wherein I should walk ; for I lift up my soul 
unto thee. 

Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : I flee 
unto thee to hide me. 

Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : 



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thy spirit is good ; lead me into the land of upright- 
ness. 

Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : for 
thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

Psalm CXLIV. 

O LESS ED be the Lord my strength, my good- 
ness, and my fortress ; my high tower, and my 
deliverer ; my shield, and he in whom I trust. 

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of 
him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account 
of him ! 

Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow 
that passeth away. 

Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down : touch 
the mountains, and they shall smoke. 

Deliver me from the hand of strange children, 
whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand 
is a risrht hand of falsehood : 

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their 
youth ; that our daughters may be as corner-stones, 
polished after the similitude of a palace : 

That our garners may be full, affording all manner 
of store ; that there be no complaining in our streets. 

Happy is that people, that is in such a case : yea, 
happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. 



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II. 

Psalm CXLV. 

T WILL extol thee, my God, O King ; and I will 
bless thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy 
name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and 
his greatness is unsearchable. 

One generation shall praise thy works to another, 
and shall declare thy mighty acts. 

I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, 
and of thy wondrous works. 

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible 
acts : and I will declare thy greatness. 

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow 
to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all : and his tender mercies 
are over all his works. 

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; and thy 
saints shall bless thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and 
talk of thy power ; 

To make known to the sons of men his mighty 
acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy 
dominion endureth throughout all generations. 



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The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all 
those that be bowed down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou givest 
them their meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire 
of every living thing. 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in 
all his works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he 
also will hear their cry, and will save them. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and 
let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 

THIRTY-FIRST SELECTION. 

L 

Psalm CXLVI. 

"DRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my 
soul. 

While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing 
praises unto my God while I have any being. 

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of 
man, in whom there is no help. 

Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord his God : 

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all 
that therein is : which keepeth truth for ever: 



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Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : 
which giveth food to the hungry. 

The Lord looseth the prisoners : the Lord openeth 
the eyes of the blind : 

The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : the 
Lord loveth the righteous : 

The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth 
the fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked 
he turneth upside down. 

The Lord shall reign for ever. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CXLVII. 

pRAISE ye the Lord : for it is good to sing 
praises unto our God ; for it is pleasant ; and 
praise is comely. 

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : he gathereth 
together the outcasts of Israel. 

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up 
their wounds. 

He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth 
them all by their names. 

Great is our Lord, and of great power : his under- 
standing is infinite. 

The Lord lifteth up the meek : he casteth the 
wicked down to the ground. 

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving ; sing praise 
upon the harp unto our God : 

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who pre- 



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pareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young 
ravens which cry. 

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 
in those that hope in his mercy. 

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : 
his word runneth very swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar- 
frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can 
stand before his cold ? 

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 



RAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from 



the heavens : praise him in the heights. 
Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all 
his hosts. 

Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye 
stars of light. 

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters 
that be above the heavens. 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for he 
commanded, and they were created. 



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Psalm CXLVIII. 




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He hath also stablished them for ever and ever : 
he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and 
all deeps : 

Fire and hail; snow and vapor; stormy wind ful- 
filling his word : 

Mountains, and all hills ; fruitful trees, and all 
cedars : 

Beasts, and all cattle ; creeping things, and flying 
fowl : 

Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and 
all judges of the earth : 

Both young men and maidens ; old men and chil- 
dren : 

Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his 
name alone is excellent. 

His glory is above the earth and heaven. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

Psalm CXLTX. 

DRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, and his praise in the congregation of 
saints. 

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : let the 
children of Zion be joyful in their King. 

Let them praise his name in the dance : let them 
sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 

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will beautify the meek with salvation. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Psalm CL. 

T3RAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctu- 
ary : praise him in the firmament of his power. 

Praise him for his mighty acts : praise him accord- 
ing to his excellent greatness. 

Praise him with the timbrel and dance : praise him 
with stringed instruments and organs. 

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 
Praise ye the Lord. 



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ANTHEM FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. 



IT To be said or sung at Morning Prayer instead of the first Psalm. 



LORY be to God in the highest, on earth peace, 



good will toward men. 
Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound; 
they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance ; 

Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby 
the dayspring from on high hath visited us ; 

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in 
the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the 
way of peace. 

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of 
him that bringeth good tidings ; that publisheth 
peace ; 

That bringeth good tidings of good ; that publish- 
eth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, thy God reign- 




eth! 



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There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and 
joyful gladness for such as are true of heart. 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give thanks 
at the remembrance of his holiness. 

Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name ; be tell- 
ing of his salvation from day to day. 

Let all those who seek him be joyful and glad in 
him ; and let all such as love his salvation say 
always, The Lord be praised. 

PSALMS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. 

Psalm XLV. 

'T^HOU art fairer than the children of men ; grace 
is poured into thy lips. Therefore God hath 
blessed thee forever. 

In thy majesty ride prosperously, because of 
truth and meekness and righteousness. 

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity. 
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

I will make thy name to be remembered in all 
generations. Therefore shall the people praise thee 
forever and ever. 

Psalm LXXXV. 

T ORD, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; 
thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people. 
I will hear what God the Lord will speak ; for he 
will speak peace unto his people and to his saints. 



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351 



Surely, his salvation is nigh them that fear him, 
that glory may dwell in our land. 

"Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteous- 
ness shall look down from heaven. 

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and 
our land shall yield her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set 
us in the way of his steps. 

Psalm LXXXIX. 

T WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 

With my mouth will I make known thy faithful- 
ness to all generations. 

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like 
unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine. 
As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast 
founded them. 

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. 
They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in 
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 

For the Lord is our defence, and the Holy One of 
Israel is our King. 

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saidst : I have laid help upon one that is mighty. I 
have exalted one chosen out of the people. 

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my 
God, and the Rock of my salvation. 

Also, I will make him my first-born, higher than 
the kings of the earth. 

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and 
my covenant shall stand fast with him. 

ANTHEM FOR ASH WEDNESDAY. 

U To be said or sung at Morning Prayer instead of the first Psalm. 

\ \ 7HOSOEVER doeth not righteousness is not of 
God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 

The good that I would I do not; but the eviFthat 
I would not, that I do. 

O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me 
from the body of this death ? 

For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God 
is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Ford. 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 

If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our 
heart, and knoweth all things. 

There is joy in the presence of the angels of God 
over one sinner that repenteth. 



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PSALMS FOR ASH WEDNESDAY. 

Psalm LI. 

T T AVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy 
loving-kindness. According unto the multi- 
tude of thy tender mercies blot out my trans- 
gressions. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my transgressions ; and my sin 
is ever before me. 

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine 
iniquities. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take 
not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and 
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken 
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 



Psalm XXX IT. 

OLESSED is he whose trangression is forgiven, 
whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth 
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

I acknowledged my sin unto thee ; and mine 



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iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my 
transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest 



UT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O 



Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be attentive 
to the voice of my supplications. 

If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, 
who shall stand ? 

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou 
mayest be feared. 

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait ; and in his 
word do I hope. 

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that 
watch for the morning, — I say more than they that 
watch for the morning. 

Let Israel hope in the Lord ; for with the Lord 
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemp- 
tion. 

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 



To be said or sung at Morning Prayer instead of the first Psalm. 

'THE people stood up, and the rulers took counsel 
together against the Lord and against his 
anointed. 



the iniquity of my sin. 



Psalm CXXX. 




Lord. 



ANTHEM FOR GOOD FRIDAY. 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



355 



They cast their heads together with one consent, 
and were confederate against him. 

They spake against him with false tongues, and 
encompassed him about with words of hatred, and 
fought against him without a cause. 

False witnesses also did rise up against him ; 
they laid to his charge things that he knew not. 

For the sins of the people and the iniquity of the 
priests they shed the blood of the just, in the midst 
of Jerusalem. 

He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he 
opened not his mouth ; he was led as a lamb to the 
slaughter ; and, as a sheep before her shearers is 
dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 

But thou, Lord, hast highly exalted him, and 
given him a name that is above every name ; 

That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 
to the glory of God the Father. 

PSALMS FOR GOOD FRIDAY. 

Psalm XXII. 

\ j\ Y God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 

Why art thou so far from helping me, and 
from the words of my complaint ? 

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou 
hearest not ; and in the night season, and am not 
silent. 



356 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



But thou art holy, 0 thou that inhabitest the 
praises of Israel. 

Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, and 
thou didst deliver them. 

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they 
trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 

All they that see me laugh me to scorn ; they 
shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying : 

He trusted in God that he would deliver him. 
Let him deliver him, if he will have him. 

Oh, go not from me ; for trouble is hard at hand, 
and there is none to help me. 

The assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; 
they pierced my hands and my feet. 

They part my garments among them, and cast 
lots upon my vesture. 

But be not thou far from me, O Lord ; O my 
strength, haste thee to help me. 

Save me from the lion's mouth ; for thou hast 
heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 

I will declare thy name unto my brethren. In the 
midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ; all ye the seed 
of Jacob, glorify him ; and fear him, all ye the seed 
of Israel. 

For he hath not despised or abhorred the affliction 
of the afflicted ; neither hath he hid his face from 
him ; but, when he cried unto him, he heard. 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



357 



They shall praise the Lord that seek him ; your 
heart shall live forever. 

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn 
unto the Lord ; and all the kindreds of the nations 
shall worship before thee. 

For the kingdom is the Lord's ; and he is the 
governor among the nations. 

Psalm LXIX. 

CAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in 
unto my soul. 
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; 
I am come into deep waters, where the floods over- 
flow me. 

They that hate me without a cause are more than 
the hairs of my head : they that would destroy me, 
being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty. 

Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is good; 
turn unto me according to the multitude of thy 
tender mercies ; and hide not thy face from thy ser- 
vant ; for I am in trouble ; hear me speedily. 

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it ; deliver 
me because of mine enemies. 

Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of 
heaviness ; and I looked for some to take pity, but 
there was none ; and for comforters, but I found none. 

They gave me also gall for my meat ; and in my 
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 



35S 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



I am poor and sorrowful ; let thy salvation, O God, 
set me up on high. 

I will praise the name of God with a song, and 
will magnify him with thanksgiving. 

The humble shall see this and be glad ; and your 
heart shall live and seek God. 

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not 
his prisoners. 

Let heaven and earth praise him ; the seas, and 
everything that moveth therein. 



To be said or sung at Morni7ig Prayer instead of the first Psalm. 



HRIST our passover is sacrificed for us ; there- 



^ fore let us keep the feast ; 
Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven 
of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened 
bread of sincerity and truth. 

Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; 
death hath no more dominion over him. 

For in that he died, he died unto sin once ; but in 
that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead 
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first- 
fruits of those who slept. 



ANTHEM FOR EASTER DAY. 




ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



359 



For since by man came death, by man came also 
the resurrection of the dead. 

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be 
made alive. 



RESERVE me, O God ; for in thee do I put my 



The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and 
of my cup ; thou maintainest my lot. 

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; 
yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

I have set the Lord always before me : because 
he is at my right hand I shall not be moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re- 
joiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave ; 
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see 
corruption. 

Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy pres- 
ence is fulness of joy. 

At thy right hand there are pleasures for ever- 
more. 

Psalm CXVIII. 

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good : 



PSALMS FOR EASTER DAY. 



Psalm XVI. 



trust. 




because his mercy endureth forever. 



360 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



Let them now that fear the Lord say that his 
mercy endureth forever. 

I called upon the Lord in distress : the Lord 
answered me, and set me in a large place. 

The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : what 
can man do unto me ? 

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become 
my salvation. 

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the 
tabernacles of the righteous ; the ri^ht hand of the 
Lord doeth valiantly. 

I shall not die, but live ; and declare the works of 
the Lord. 

The Lord hath chastened me sore ; but he hath 
not given me over unto death. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go 
into them, and I will praise the Lord. 

This is the gate of the Lord, into which the right- 
eous shall enter. 

I will praise thee ; for thou hast heard me, and art 
become my salvation. 

The stone which the builders refused is become 
the head stone of the corner. 

This is the Lord's doing : it is marvellous in our 
eyes. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made : we 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



36l 



ANTHEM FOR WHITSUNDAY. 



T[ To be said or sung at Morning Prayer instead of the first Psalm. 



GIVE thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his 
name ; tell the people what things he hath 



O let your songs be of him, and praise him ; and 
let your talking be of all his wondrous works. 

Seek the Lord and his strength ; seek his face for- 
evermore. 

The Lord gave the word, and great was the com- 
pany of those who published it. 

His salvation is nigh unto those who fear him, 
that glory may dwell in the land. 

Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Truth shall flourish on the earth, and righteous- 
ness shall look down from heaven. 

The Lord will give strength unto his people ; the 
Lord will give unto his people the blessing of peace. 

Blessed are the people whose strength is from 
thee, and in whose heart are thy ways. 

Teach us to do thy will, for thou art our God ; O 
let thy good spirit lead us into the paths of right- 
eousness. 




done. 



362 



ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



PSALMS FOR WHITSUNDAY. 



Psalm LXVIII. 



C ING unto God, sing praises to his name ; extol 
him, and rejoice before him. 

A father of the fatherless and a judge of the 
widows is God in his holy habitation. 

God setteth the solitary in families : he bringeth 
the prisoners out of captivity. 

The Lord gave the word ; great was the company 
of those that published it. 

Thou hast ascended on high ; thou hast led cap- 
tivity captive ; thou hast received gifts for men. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with 
benefits, even the God of our salvation. 

He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and 
unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 

Ascribe ye strength unto God ; his excellency is 
over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 

The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and 
power unto his people. 

Blessed be God. 



IVE ear, O my people, to my law ; incline your 



ears to the words of my mouth. 
I will open my mouth in a parable ; I will utter 
dark sayings of old, which we have heard and 
known, and our fathers have told us. 



Psalm LXXVIII. 




ANTHEMS AND PSALMS 



363 



We will not hide them from their children, show- 
ing to the generation to come the praises of the 
Lord, and his strength and his wonderful works that 
he hath done. 

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and ap- 
pointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our 
fathers, that they should make them known to their 
children ; 

That the generation to come might know them, 
even the children which should be born, who should 
arise and declare them to their children ; 

That they might set their hope in God, and not 
forget the works of God, but keep his command- 
ments. 

Psalm CXXXVIII. 

T WILL praise thee with my whole heart ; I will 
praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for 
thy truth. 

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and 
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect 
unto the lowly. 

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt 
revive me, and thy right hand shall save me. 

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. 

Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever : forsake 
not the works of thine own hands. 



CALENDAR 

SHOWING 

SSS&at Jmlg £>ag of i&e C&tttcl) 

FALLS UPON EACH SUNDAY FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS 
1 894-I92O. 



Table showing what Holy Day falls 





1894 


1895 


1896 


1897 


1898 


1899 


1900 
1906 


1 901 


1902 


1903 
1914 


1904 


1905 




Jan. 


Jan. 


Tan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


ist S. of year. 






S 


3 


2 


1 






S 


4 


3 




Epiphany. 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


i st S. after. 




13 


12 


10 


g 


s 






12 


: r 


10 


8 


ii. 


14 
4 


20 


ig 


7 


16 


15 


J 4 


20 
20 


ig 


18 


17 


ig 


in. 




27 


26 


24 


23 


22 


21 


27 




25 


24 


22 






Feb. 












Feb. 






IV. 




3 




3 1 


30 




28 






1 


- 


2g 










Feb. 






Feb. 










Feb. 


v. 








7 






4 










5 


VI. 
























12 








Feb. 




Feb. 






Feb. 










Septuagesima. 


21 


10 


2 


14 


6 


2Q 




3 


26 


8 


3 1 


ig 












Fe 9 b. 






Feb. 




Feb. 




Sexagesima. 


28 


17 


g 


21 


13 


5 


18 


10 


2 


15 


7 


26 


Feb. 




















Mar. 


Quinquagesima. 


4 


24 


16 


28 


20 


12 


25 


17 


g 


22 


14 










Mar. 


















Ash-Wed. 


7 


27 


ig 


3 


23 
3 


r - 


28 


20 


12 


25 


17 


8 






Mar. 








Mar. 






Mar. 




ist S. in Lent. 


11 


3 


23 


7 


27 


ig 


4 


24 


16 


1 


21 


12 








Mar. 




Mar. 






Mar. 










ii. 


18 


10 


1 


14 


6 


26 


Ir 


3 


23 


8 


28 


ig 














Mar. 






Mar. 




Mar. 




in 


2 3 


x 7 


8 


21 


13 


5 


18 


10 




1 ^ 


6 


26 




Mar. 






















Apr. 


IV 


4 


2 4 


15 


28 


20 


12 


2 5 


1 7 


9 


22 


J 3 












Apr. 






Apr. 












y 




3i 


22 


4 


2 7 


IQ 




2-i 


16 


29 


20 








Apr. 






Apr. 










Apr. 






VI 


18 


7 


29 




3 


26 


8 


3 1 






27 


16 








Apr. 










Apr. 






Apr. 




Good Friday. 


23 


12 


3 


16 


8 


31 


13 


S 


28 


10 




21 














Apr. 














Easter. 


2 5 




3 






2 








12 


3 


23 




Apr. 














Apr. 








ist S. after. 




21 


12 


2 5 


I 7 


9 


22 


14 


6 


J 9 


10 


30 










May 














May 


n. 


8 




19 


2 


24 


16 


29 


21 


*3 


26 


J 7 


7 






May 




May 




May 




May 






in. 




5 


26 


9 


1 


23 


6 1 


28 


20 


3 


24 


14 






May 










May 






May 




IV. 


22 


12 


3 


16 


8 


30 


I3 - 


5 


2 7 


10 




21 














May 






May 




8 


28 


V. 


29 


19 


10 


2 3 


I S 


7 




12 


4 


17 


Ascexsiox 


May 












2 | 










June 


S. after Ascen. 


6 


26 




30 


22 


J 4 ^ 


27 


19 


11 


24 


15 


4 



366 



upo?i each Sunday for Twenty-seven Years. 





1918 
1907 


1908 


1909 


1910 


1911 


1912 


ML! 

1913 1915 ,1916 1917 1919 


1920 




Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


Jan. 


ist S. of year. 




5 


3 


2 






5 


3 


2 


- 


5 


4 


E PIPH ANY. 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 


6 




i st S. after. 


T 3 




10 


9 


8 


7 


12 


10 


9 


7 


12 




ii. 


20 


IQ 


17 


16 


15 






17 


16 


14 


19 


18 


in. 




26 


24 




22 


2 1 


- 


24 


23 


21 


26 


25 






Feb. 


















Feb. 


IV. 


- 


2 


31 


- 


29 


28 




- 


30 


28 


2 














Feb. 








Feb. 


















5 




- 


- 


6 


- 


9 




VI. 














- 


- 


13 


- 


- 










Feb. 






Feb. 






Feb. 




Feb. 


Septuagesima. 


27 


16 


7 


23 


12 


4 


19 


31 


20 


4 


16 


1 


Feb. 














Feb. 










Sexagesima. 


3 


23 


14 


3° 




Ir 


26 


7 


27 


11 


23 


8 




Mar. 




Feb. 






Feb. 




Mar. 




Mar. 




Quinquagesima. 


10 




21 


6 


26 


18 


2 


14 


5 


18 


2 


. 












Mar. 














Ash-Wed, 






24 


9 




21 


5 


!7 


8 


21 


5 


18 


i st S. in Lent. 


17 


8 


28 


13 


5 


25 


9 


21 


12 


25 


9 


22 








Mar. 






Mar. 








Mar. 






ii. 




15 


7 


20 




3 


16 


28 


19 


4 


16 






Alar. 














Mar. 








Mar. 




3 


22 


14 


2 7 


J 9 


10 


23 


7 


26 


1 1 


23 


7 










Mar. 




Mar. 




Apr. 








IV 


10 


29 


21 


6 


26 


J 7 


2 




2 


18 


30 


J 4 






Apr 


28 




Apr. 












Apr. 




v 


l 7 


S 










21 


g 


25 


6 


2 1 








Apr. 














Apr. 






VI 


2 4 


12 




20 


9 




16 


28 


16 




13 


28 












Apr. 




Apr. 








Apr. 


Good Friday. 


29 


17 


9 


25 


14 


5 










18 


2 


EASTER 


3 r 


J 9 




2 7 


16 


7 


23 


4 


23 


8 


20 


4 


ist S. after. 


Apr. 






Apr. 


















7 


26 


18 


3 


23 


14 


3° 


1 1 


30 


15 


27 


11 






May 








Apr. 




Mas 


May 




ii. 


14 


3 


25 


10 


30 


21 


6 


18 


7 


22 


4 


18 








May 




May 


















21 


10 


2 


17 


7 


28 


13 




14 


29 




25 














May 




May 




May 




May 


IV. 


28 


17 


9 


24 


14 


5 


20 


2 


21 


6 


18 


2 




May 






May 


















V. 


5 


24 


16 


1 


21 


12 


27 


9 


28 


13 


25 


9 


ASCENSIOM. 














Ma\ 




June 




June 




S. after Ascen. 


12 


3i 


23 


8 


28 


19 


4 


16 


4 


,0 




16 



367 



Table showing what Holy Day falls 





1894 


1895 


1896 


1897 






1900 






1903 








1898 


1899 


igo5 


I901 


1902 


igi4 


1904 


I 9°5 




May 


June 


May 


1 une 


M ay 


May June 


M ay 


May 


May 


May 


June 


A HITSUNDAY, 


J 3 


2 


24 


6 


29 
June 


21 


3 


26 

June 


18 


I 3 ' 

June 


22 


1 1 


ist S. a.fter. 


20 


9 


3 1 
June 


*3 


5 


28 

June 


10 


2 


25 

June 


7 


29 
June 




ii. 


2 7 
June 


16 


7 


20 




4 


17 


9 


1 


T 4 


5 


25 

July 


in. 


3 


23 


14 


27 
27 


r 9 


11 


24 


10 


8 


21 


12 












July 




18 


July 
















3° 




4 


26 


1 


2 3 


l 5 


2o 


J 9 


9 






July 


28 




July 








July 






v. 


J 7 


7 


1 1 


3 


25 


8 


30 


22 


5 


26 


16 






July 


18 




July 




J ul} 






July 




VI. 


2 4 
July 


!4 


5 


10 


2 


1 c 


7 


29 
July 


12 


3 


2 3 


VII. 


1 


21 


12 


Aug. 


17 


_ 


22 


*4 


6 


; 5 


10 


30 






















Aug. 


VIII. 


8 


28 


*9 


1 


24 


16 


29 


2 1 




26 


J 7 


6 






Aug. 


26 








Aug. 






Aug. 






IX. 


1 5 


4 


g 


3i 


23 


5 


28 


20 


2 


24 


13 








Aug. 




Aug. 






Aug. 








X. 


22 


11 


2 


*5 


7 


3° 
Aug. 


12 


4 


27 
Aug 


9 


3 1 

Aug 


20 


XI. 


29 


18 


9 


22 


14 


6 


J 9 




3 


16 


7 


27 




Aug. 












26 


18 








Sep. 


XII. 


5 


25 


16 


29 


21 


13 


10 


2 3 


14 


3 






Sep. 




Sep. 


_o 

£ 




Sep. 












XIII. 


12 


1 


23 


5 


20 


2 


2 5 


17 


30 


21 


10 












Sep. 






Sep. 


Sep. 






XIV. 


19 


8 


3° 


12 


4 




9 




24 


6 


28 


17 






Sep. 






Sep 


16 








Sep 


XV. 


26 


*5 


6 


19 


11 


3 


8 


3i 


13 


4 


24 




Sep. 






26 










Sep. 






Oct. 


XVI. 


2 


22 


13 


18 


10 


2 3 




7 


20 


11 


1 










Oct. 














XVII. 


9 


29 
Oct. 


20 


3 


Oct. 


J 7 


30 
Oct. 




14 


27 
Oct. 


18 


S 


XVIII. 


16 


6 


27 
Oct. 


10 


2 


24 
Oct. 


7 


&. 


21 


4 


25 
Oct. 




XIX. 


23 


13 


4 


17 


9 




14 


6 


28 


11 


2 


22 
















Oct. 








XX. 


30 
Oct. 


20 


11 


24 


16 


8 


21 


13 


5 


18 


9 


N° 


XXI. 


7 " 


27 

Nov. 


18 


3r 

Nov. 


23 


15 


28 

Nov. 


20 


12 


Nov. 


16 


5 


XXII. 


14 


3 


25 

N< v. 


7 


30 

Nov. 


22 


4 


XT 7 

Nov. 


19 




23 


12 


XXIII. 


21 


10 


1 


14 


6 


29 

Nov. 


11 


3 


26 

Nov. 


8 


3° 

Nov. 


J 9 


XXIV. 


28 

Nov. 


17 


8 


21 


13 


5 


18 


10 


2 


'5 


6 


26 


XXV. 


4 


24 


J 5 




20 


12 


25 


n : 


9 


22 







368 



upon each Sunday for Twenty-seven Years. 




1918 
1907 


1908 


1909 


igio 


ign 


1912 


1913 


1915 


1916 


1917 


1919 


1920 




May 


June 


May 


May 


June 


May 


May 


May 


June 


May 


June 


May 


Whitsunday. 


19 


7 


30 


15 


4 


26 


1 1 


23 




27 


8 


2 3 








June 






June 








June 






ist S. after. 


26 


*4 


6 


22 


1 1 


2 


18 


30 


18 


3 


15 






June 








18 






June 








J 


ii. 


2 


21 


13 


29 


9 


25 


6 


25 


10 


2' 


5 










June 






June 




July 








in. 


9 


28 


20 


5 


2 5 


16 


! 


13 


2 


17 


29 








July 






July 












July 




IV. 


16 


5 


27 


12 


2 


2 3 


8 


20 


9 


24 


6 


20 








July 














July 






v. 


23 


12 


4 


19 


9 


30 


15 


27 


16 




13 


27 












16 


July 




July 






July 


VI. 


30 


19 


11 


26 


7 


22 


4 


23 


8 


20 


4 




July 




18 


July 


















VII. 


7 


26 


3 


23 


14 


29 


1 1 


30 


_ 
I 5 


27 








Aug. 










July 




Aug. 




Aug. 




VIII. 


14 


2 


25 


10 


3° 


21 


6 


18 


6 


22 


3 


18 






Aug. 




Aug. 


28 














IX. 


21 


g 




17 


6 


13 


25 


13 


29 


10 


25 














Aug. 




Aug. 




Aug. 




Aug. 


X. 


28 


16 


8 


24 


13 


4 


19 


1 


20 


5 


17 






Aug. 
























XI. 


4 


23 


I 5 


31 


20 


11 


27 


8 


27 


12 


24 


8 








Aug. 






Aug. 




Sep. 






XII. 




30 


22 


7 


27 


18 


3 


15 


3 




3 1 


J 5 






Sep. 






Sep. 












Sep. 


XIII. 


18 


6 


29 


14 


3 


25 


10 


22 


10 


26 


7 


22 








Sep. 






Sep. 








Sep. 






XIV. 


2 5 


13 


5 


2 1 


10 




17 


29 


17 


2 


14 


29 




Sep. 






28 








Sep. 








Sep. 


XV. 




20 


12 


17 


8 


24 


S 


24 




21 


5 










Sep. 










Oct. 








XVI 


8 


27 


ig 


4 


24 


15 


3 1 


12 




16 


28 


12 






Oct. 






Oct. 




Sep. 








Oct. 




XVII. 


_ 




26 

Oct. 


lr 




22 


7 


19 


8 


2 , 


5 


J 9 


XVIII 


22 




3 


18 


8 


29 


14 


26 


I 5 


3° 


12 


26 














Oct. 




Oct. 




Oct. 




Oct. 


XIX. 


29 


18 


IO 


25 




6 


21 


3 


22 


7 


*9 


3 




Oct. 






Oct. 
















XX. 


6 


2 5 


1 7 


2 


22 


13 


28 


10 


29 


14 


26 


10 






Nov- 










Oct. 




Nov. 




Nov. 




XXI. 


13 




24 


9 


29 


20 


S 


17 


5 


21 


2 


17 












Nov. 














XXII. 


20 


8 


3* 


16 


5 


27 


12 


24 


12 


28 


9 


24 








Nov. 






Nov. 








Nov. 




XXIII. 


27 




7 


23 


12 


3 


'9 


31 


19 


4 


16 


?i 




Nov. 














Nov. 






Nov. 


XXIV. 


3 


22 


14 


30 


19 


10 


26 


7 


26 


11 


23 


7 










Nov. 






Nov. 












XXV. 


10 




21 


6 


26 




2 


14 




18 




14 



369 



Sundays after 
Whitsunday. 

XXVI. 


1894 


1895 


1896 


1897 


1898 


1899 


1900 
1906 


igoi 


1902 


1903 
1914 


1904 


1905 


No7 
11 


Nov. 


Nov. 
22 


Nov. 


Nov. 


Nov. 
19 


Nov. 


Nov. 
24 


Nov. 
16 


Nov. 


Nov. 

20 


Nov. 


XXVII. 


- 


- 


- 


- 


- 


26 


- 


- 


23 


- 


- 


- 


Advent. 

2d S. in Advent. 


Dec. 
2 

9 


Dec 
1 

8 


29 

Dec. 
6 


28 

Dec. 
5 


27 

Dec. 
4 


Dec. 
3 

10 


Dec. 
2 

9 


Dec 

8 


30 

Dec. 
7 


29 

Dec. 

6 


27 

Dec. 
4 


Dec. 
3 

10 


in. 


16 


15 


*3 


12 




17 


16 


iS 


14 


13 




17 


IV. 


23 


22 


20 


19 


18 


24 


23 


22 


21 


20 


18 


24 


Christmas. 
ist S. after C. 


30 


29 


27 


26 




3i 


30 


29 


28 


27 




31 



Table showing what Holy Day falls 



370 



upon each Sunday for Twenty-seven Years. 



Sundays after 
Whitsunday . 

XXVI. 


1918 
1907 


1908 


1909 


1910 


1911 


1912 


1913 


1915 


1916 


1917 


1919 


1920 


Nov. 


Nov. 
- 


Nov. 
- 


Nov. 
13 


- 


Nov. 
24 


Nov. 

9 


Nov. 
21 


- 


Nov. 

25 


Nov. 
- 


Nov. 
21 


XXVII. 


24 






20 






16 












XXVIII. 

Advent. 

2d S. in Advent. 


Dec. 

8 


_ 

29 

Dec. 

6 


; 

28 

Dec. 
5 


27 

Dec. 
4 


Dec 

3 

10 


Dec. 
8 


23 

30 
Dec. 

7 


: 

28 

Dec. 
5 


Dec. 

3 

10 


Dec. 

2 

9 


30 

Dec. 
7 


. 

28 

Dec. 
5 


in. 




13 


12 


11 


17 




14 


12 


■ 17 


16 


14 


12 


IV. 


22 


20 


19 


18 


24 


22 


21 


19 


24 


23 


21 


19 


Christmas. 
1st S. after C. 


29 


27 


26 




3i 


29 


28 


26 


3i 


30 


28 


26 



37i 



TABLE OF LESSONS FROM THE OLD 
TESTAMENT. 



Sundays of Advent : — 

I. Isaiah i. to v. 28 or Isaiah ii. 

II. Isaiah v. to v. 26 or Ecclesiasticus xliii. 

III. Isaiah xxv. to z>. 10 or Isaiah xxvi. to v. 17. 

IV. Isaiah xxx. to v. 22 or Isaiah xxxii. to v. 19. 
Christmas Day. Isaiah ix. to v. 8 or Isaiah xi. to v. n. 
First Sunday in the Year. Ecclesiasticus i. to v. 14 or 

Ecclesiasticus xviii. to v. 15. 
After Christmas : — 

I. Isaiah xxxv. or Isaiah xl. 
II. Isaiah xli. to v. 21 or Isaiah xlii. to v. 17. 
Epiphany. Isaiah lx. (omit 7-1 1) or Isaiah xlix. 8-24. 
After Epiphany : — 

I. Isaiah xliv. v. 6 or Isaiah xlv. 
II. Isaiah li. 3-16 or Isaiah Hi. 

III. Isaiah liv. v. 7 or Isaiah lv. 

IV. Isaiah xliii. to v. 26 or Ecclesiasticus ii. 
V. Isaiah Ixii. or Ecclesiasticus xliv. to v. 16. 

VI. Isaiah lxv. (omit 11-16) or Isaiah lxvi. (omit 7-12). 
Septuagesima. Jeremiah v. v. 10 or Jeremiah xxii. to v. 18. 
Sexagesima. Jeremiah xxxv. or Isaiah lxiv. 



TABLE OF LESSONS FROM THE NEW 
TESTAMENT. 



Sundays of Advent : — 

I. Matthew xxi. to v.iy or Romans xiii. v. 8. or Reve- 
lation i. 

II. Matthew xxi v. 42-47 and xxv. to v. 14 or Revela- 
tion ii. (omit v. 21, 22). 

III. Luke xxi. 25-36 or Revelation iii. 

IV. Matthew xxv. v. 31 or Revelation 22. 
Christmas Day. John i. to v. 1 5 or Luke ii. 7-20 or Hebrews i. 
First Sunday ix the Year. Matthew xxv. 14-30 or 1 Peter 

i. v. 13. 
After Christmas : — 

I. Luke ii. v. 40 or Philippians iv. to v. 14. 
II. Matthew iii. or 1 Corinthians ii. 
Epiphany. Matthew ii. to v. 13 or Romans ii. to v. 17. 
After Epiphany : — 

I. Matthew viii. to v. 14 or 2 Timothy i. to v. 15. 
II. John i. v. 29 or 1 Corinthians iii. 

III. Matthew iv. 12 or 2 Corinthians iv. 

IV. Luke iv. 14-32 or 2 Corinthians v. (omit 1 1— 13). 
V. Luke vii. v. 36 or Galatians v. v. 13. 

VI. Mark vi. to v. 35 or Galatians vi. to i\ 11. 
Septuagesima. Matthew v. (omit 25-42) or Ephesians i. 
Sexagesima. Matthew vi. (omit 1 6-1 8) or Ephesians ii. (omit 
11-1S). 



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OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS 



Quinquagesima. Jeremiah xvii. to v. 1 5 or Lamentations iii. 

22-34 and S5-5 8 - 
Ash Wednesday. Isaiah lviii. or Jeremiah iii. v. 12. 
In Lent: — 

I. Jeremiah vii. to v. 29 or Jeremiah ix. to v. 35. 
II. Ezekiel xiv. or Daniel iii. 

III. Ezekiel xviii. v. 20 or Daniel v. 

IV. Micah vi. or Daniel vi. 

V. Habakkuk iii. (omit v. 16) or Ezekiel xxxiii. to v. 21. 
VI. Malachi iii. or Daniel ix. to v. 20. 
Passion Week: — 

Monday. Isaiah lix. or Ecclesiasticus xxviii. to v. 10. 
Tuesday. Malachi iv. or Job xxx. v. 8-17. 
Wednesday. Job xvi. 10 or Wisdom v. to v. 17. 
Thursday. Isaiah 1. v. 4 or Zechariah xiii. 
Good Friday. Isaiah liii. or Wisdom ii. to v. 24. 
Easter Even. Job xvii. v. 7 or 2 Esdras ii. v. 33. 
Easter Day. Exodus xv. to v. 19 or Ezekiel xxxvii. to v. 15. 
After Easter : — 

I. Isaiah xlviii. to v. 19 or Daniel x. to v. 20. 
II. Hosea xiii. to v. 15 or Wisdom i. 

III. Joel iii. v. 9 or Amos v. v. 4. 

IV. Micah vii. or Ezekiel iii. v. 4. 

V. Hosea vi. to v. 8 or Zechariah vii. 
Ascension Day. Daniel vii. 9-1 5 or 2 Kings ii. to v. 16. 
After Ascension. Joel ii. v. 12 (omit v. 20) or Zepha- 
niah iii. 

Whitsunday. Deuteronomy v. or Isaiah lxi. or Genesis i. 
After Whitsunday: — 

I. Ezekiel i. or Isaiah vi. 
II. Genesis xiii. or xxviii. v. 10 or Nehemiah ii. 

III. Genesis xxxii. to v. 31 or Nehemiah iv. 

IV. Genesis xxxiii. to v. 16 or Nehemiah vi. 
V. Genesis xxxvii. or Job v. 



NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS 



375 



Ouinquagesima. Matthew vii. or i Corinthians xiii. 

Ash Wednesday. Luke xv. or Hebrews xii. to v. 16 (omit v. 8). 
In Lent : — 

I. Matthew x. v. 16 or Ephesians iii. v. 8. 
II. Luke x. 25-37 or Ephesians iv. v. 17. 

III. Matthew xvi. v. 13 or Romans xiv. 

IV. John v. 16-38 or Philippians i. (omit v. 7, 8). 
V- Luke xxi. to v. 20 or Ephesians v. to v. 22. 

VI. Matthew xxi. to v. 17 or Philippians ii. to v. 16. 
Passion Week: — 

Monday. Mark xiv. to v. 12 or Romans viii. to v. 19. 

Tuesday. John xiii. to v. 18 or 2 Corinthians v. v. 14. 

Wednesday. John xv. or 1 Peter i. to v. 13. 

Thursday. Mark xiv. 12-46 or Romans viii. v. 28. 

Good Friday. Mark xv. to v. 38 or 1 Peter ii. (omit 8-18). 

Easter Even. Luke xxiii. v. 32 or Hebrews ii. 

Easter Day. Luke xxiv. to v. 36 or Acts ii. 22-41. 
After Easter : — 

I. John xx. to v. 19 or 1 Corinthians xv. to v. 29. 

II. Acts iii. to 7'. 22 or Colossians i. to v. 23. 

III. Acts iv. to v. 34 or Colossians ii. v. 6. 

IV. Acts v. v. 17 or 1 Thessalonians iii. 
Y. John xvi. v. 23 or Colossians iii. 

Ascension Day. Acts i. to v. 13 or Ephesians iv. to v. 17. 
After Ascension. John xvii. or Hebrews iv. v. 14 and v. to 
v. 10. 

Whitsunday. John xiv. v. 1 5 or Acts ii. to v. 22. 
After Whitsunday : — 

I. John iv. to v. 43 or Revelation iv. 

II. Acts viii. (omit 6-24) or Romans viii. to v. 19. 

III. Acts ix. to v. 23 or Romans viii. v. 28. 

IV. Acts x. or 1 John i. 

V. Acts xi. to v. 27 or Ephesians vi. 



37^ 



OLD TESTAMENT LESSONS 



After Whitsunday: — 

VI. Genesis xlii. or Job xxviii. 
VII. Genesis xliii. or Job xxix. 
VIII. Genesis xliv. or xlv. or Job xxxi. v. 16. 

IX. Exodus iii. to v. 18 or Job xxxvi. v. 26 and xxxvii. 

X. Exodus xxii. v. 22 and xxiii. to v. 10 or Job xxxviii. 
XI. Leviticus xix. 11-18, 32-37, or Numbers xxiv. 
XII. Deuteronomy iv. to v. 41 or Proverbs i. 
XIII. Deuteronomy vi. or Proverbs iii. 



XIV. 

XV. 
XVI. 
XVII. 
XVIII. 
XIX. 

XX. 
XXI. 
XXII. 
XXIII. 
XXIV. 
XXV. 
XXVI. 
XXVII. 
XXVIII. 



Deuteronomy viii. or xxx. or Proverbs iv. 
Deuteronomy x. v. 12 and xxiv. v. 10 or Joshua i. 
Joshua xxiv. to v. 29 or 1 Samuel iii. 
1 Samuel xii. or 1 Samuel xvii. 

1 Samuel xxvi. or Wisdom vii. v. 22. 

2 Samuel i. or 2 Samuel xii. to v. 24 (omit v. II, 12). 
2 Samuel xviii. or Proverbs viii. 

1 Kings viii. 22-62 or Proverbs x. 
1 Kings xviii. or Proverbs xi. 
1 Kings xix. or Proverbs xiv. 

1 Kings xxi. or Proverbs xv. 

2 Kings v. or Proverbs xvi. 
Ecclesiastes iii. to v. 18 or Proverbs xvii. 
Ecclesiastes vii. to v. 15 or Proverbs xxii. 
Ecclesiastes xii. or Wisdom iv. to v. 18 (omit 3-6). 



All Saints. Wisdom v. to v. 17 or iii. to v. 12. 



NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS 



377 



After Whitsunday: — 

VI. Acts xiv. to v. 24 or 1 John ii. to v. 18. 

VII. Acts xvii. v.i$ or Hebrews xi. v. 32. 

VIII. Acts xix. v. 21 or 1 Corinthians viii. 

IX. Acts xx. v. 17 or Acts xxii. or Hebrews xiii. 

X. Acts xxiv. or xxvii. v. 9 or James i. 

XI. Acts xxvi. or xxviii. v. 11 or James ii. to v. 20. 

XII. Matthew xi. (omit 20-24) or James iii. 

XIII. Matthew xiii. to v. 24 or Revelation xxi. (omit 

12-20). 

XIV. Matthew xviii. or Revelation v. 
XV. Matthew xix. v. 13 or 1 Peter i. 

XVI. Mark ix. 2-37 or 1 Peter ii. 

XVII. Mark x. v. 32 or 1 Peter iii. 8-18. 

XVIII. Luke xviii. 9-30 or 1 Peter iv. 

XIX. John iii. to v. 22 or 1 Corinthians xv. v. 35. 

XX. John v. to v. 28 or Mark xii. v. 28 or 2 Peter i. 

XXI. John vi. 27-45 or Romans xii. 

XXII. John ix. to v. 39 or 2 Thessalonians iii. 

XXIII. John x. to v. 19 or 1 John i. 

XXIV. John xi. to v. 47 or 1 John ii. 
XXV. John xiv. to v. 1 5 or 1 John iii. 

XXVI. John xv. or 1 John iv. 

XXVII. John xvi. to v. 21 or 1 John v. 

XXVI I L John xvi. v. 23 or John xxi. or 1 Thessalonians v. v. 5. 
All Saints. Matthew v. to v. 13 or Revelation vii. v. 9. 



